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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How soon do Canessa and Parrado awake after a rest?

2. Where do the hikers take shelter?

3. Why is it dangerous to fly midday in the Andes?

4. Why are the survivors looking for more bodies?

5. How many survivors are flown to San Fernando?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was happening with the search while Parrado and Canessa hiked?

2. What happens after the last survivors are rescued?

3. What is the summer sun doing? How is this good and bad?

4. What takes place on December 12th?

5. Why is Paez Vilaro lagging behind?

6. How do the survivors react to the Andinists?

7. How do Canessa and Parrado feel when they awake?

8. How do the two men proceed after Vizintin goes back to the Fairchild?

9. Describe the arrival of the helicopters.

10. What does the minor's story confirm? What is done with this information?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The families do not give up hope.

Part 1) How do they show that they do not give up hope?

Part 2) What keeps them from giving up hope?

Part 3) Would you be as strong and hopeful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The survivors left behind when the first eight were evacuated talked and ate with the Andinists.

Part 1) What did they share with each other?

Part 2) Why did they share this information? What might have been the reaction of the Andinists to their stories? Why?

Part 3) How does this reaction lead to future events?

Essay Topic 3

The survivors unanimously decided to eat the bodies of the dead.

Part 1) Why do they make this decision? What role does their faith play in this decision?

Part 2) How does this cannibalism affect outsiders? Why?

Part 3) How do you fell about this cannibalism? Why? Would you have done the same thing, if you were in this situation? Why or why not?

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