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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. Why are the pilots of the broken-down C-47 also disappointed?

2. Where are the survivors brought?

3. With what are Armando and Enrique happy to supply the hikers?

4. With whom do the survivors talk and eat?

5. Is Dr. Canessa fortunate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What takes place on December 12th?

3. How is the cross found in the snow discouraging to the parents?

4. How is Wednesday, December 20th important?

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

6. What do the survivors discover on day seventy-one?

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

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

9. How do the men cross the river?

10. Why is Paez Vilaro detained by the international police?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bittersweet feelings sweep over the parents when the survivors' name are read.

Part 1) Why are the feelings bittersweet?

Part 2) What are your thoughts about the reactions of the family members? Are you at all surprised? Why or why not?

Part 3) How would you feel and react as the family member of one of the passengers who had not survived? How would you interact with the other family members and survivors? Why would you act this way?

Essay Topic 2

The Fairchild crashes in the Andes.

Part 1) Why does it crash in the Andes? How is this crash foreshadowed in this book?

Part 2) Could this type of accident occur today? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this crash change the passengers' lives forever?

Part 4) How would your life be changed, if you had been a survivor?

Essay Topic 3

Several expeditions take place.

Part 1) Describe two of these expeditions. Were they successful? Why or why not?

Part 2) What do these expeditions reveal about the survivors? Why?

Part 3) What are your thoughts about these expeditions? Would you be able to endure these difficult treks? Why or why not?

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