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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom does Maruja work?
(a) She is an actress.
(b) FOCINE.
(c) Parque Nacional.
(d) National Radio Network.

2. Why do Orlando's wife and Richard's mother worry their relatives will be the first to die?
(a) They are not in a position to give the Extraditables what they want.
(b) The men are known to be hotheads and make further trouble.
(c) There is no one fighting for their husband and son's lives.
(d) Both men suffer from chronic health issues.

3. What advice does the German journalist give Nydia?
(a) To prevent an armed rescue at all costs.
(b) To continue her prayers to the Holy Infant.
(c) To use the media to get the public on her side.
(d) To put greater pressure on the president.

4. What reality hits Luis Guillermo of Pablo Escobar's power?
(a) The size of Escobar's entourage when Luis meets him.
(b) A dead girl lying on the side of the road in Medellín.
(c) The random taxi driver in Medellín works for Escobar.
(d) Escobar's message to Luis via Rosalía.

5. What problem does the law face if they capture a drug trafficking terrorist?
(a) Lack of evidence to convict.
(b) Retaliation from the cartel.
(c) Public safety during the attempts to physically capture any of the terrorists.
(d) Inability to extradite the suspect.

6. How do Escobar's men treat Maruja's and Beatriz's guards?
(a) The guards are pretty autonomous.
(b) As if they are high in rank.
(c) As if they are prisoners too.
(d) They guards are given nice suits and fancy watches.

7. Maruja and Beatriz are soon joined by another hostage. When was this person kidnapped?
(a) Three months earlier.
(b) The previous week.
(c) Spring of 1990.
(d) The same day.

8. What major term is Decree 3030 missing that angers Escobar?
(a) Secure prison from his enemies.
(b) Multiple sentences issue.
(c) Safety for his family.
(d) Extradition issue.

9. What is different about Diana and her crew's location compared to the other hostages' hiding places?
(a) Diana and her crew are in the middle of a busy city.
(b) Diana and her crew know exactly where they are.
(c) Diana's group is closer to Medellín and not in Bogotá.
(d) Diana and her crew are usually in shacks rather than a house.

10. How are Pacho's guards compared to Maruja and Beatriz's guards?
(a) Pacho's guards are worse than the women's guards.
(b) Pacho's guards are hardly present.
(c) Pacho's guards are just as harsh.
(d) Pacho's guards are much more informal.

11. At the end of October, what does Diana learn is distressing Azucena?
(a) Azucena is having hallucinations.
(b) Azucena's wedding anniversary is coming up.
(c) Azucena believes she is pregnant.
(d) Azucena's father is in the hospital.

12. How do the kidnappers learn Beatriz's identity?
(a) From a television news report.
(b) Through a radio announcement.
(c) Maruja tells them.
(d) Marina tells them.

13. What does Escobar propose in one of his letters to his lawyer when in negotiations with the Notables?
(a) Escobar's family is free of any indictments and offered security from enemies.
(b) Escobar will surrender 100+ of his men if he is offered amnesty from extradition.
(c) Escobar is willing to give all goods and money with proof that no one is extradited.
(d) Escobar gets to have a personal prison camp in Envigado.

14. What is Juan Vitto prescribed when a doctor visits?
(a) Over the counter ibuprofen.
(b) Tranquilizers.
(c) More reading.
(d) Alcohol.

15. How do the majordomo and his wife treat Maruja's on her birthday?
(a) They bring champagne and cake to celebrate.
(b) They allow her to write a letter to send to her husband.
(c) They give her a cupcake for dessert.
(d) They let her walk outside the enclosed courtyard as a gift.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maruja give herself to keep her sanity?

2. Who is the first president to allow extradition of Colombian nationals?

3. Who is the first to know that Diana and Santos' kidnappings are the works of Escobar?

4. How does Diana die?

5. Maruja and Beatriz see who at their second hiding place?

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