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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first to know that Diana and Santos' kidnappings are the works of Escobar?
(a) Hernando Santos.
(b) César Gaviria.
(c) Former president Turbay.
(d) The media.

2. What makes Marina think she will not leave alive?
(a) The guards treat her the worst.
(b) The guards did not hide their faces before Maruja and Beatriz arrived.
(c) Marina frustrates the women as well as the guards.
(d) The boss seems to detest her whenever he visits.

3. What does Jonás tell Maruja and Beatriz before he leaves duty?
(a) He believes they will survive the situation.
(b) A rescue mission saved Richard.
(c) Marina is dead.
(d) Diana Turbay is dead.

4. What opportunity for possible freedom arises when Gorilla is having chest pains?
(a) The second guard asks for the women's help to bring Gorilla to the hospital.
(b) The second guard sends Beatriz to the pharmacy for medicine.
(c) Gorilla asks Maruja to find the majordomo for help.
(d) Maruja and Beatrix have access to submachine guns.

5. The Santos family learns Pacho is in the northern part of Bogota. How do they know this?
(a) Pacho talks of clues in a minicassette sent to the family to prove he's alive.
(b) Pacho reads a headline from a local edition newspaper on a minicassette to prove he's alive.
(c) Hernando's friend recognizes Pacho's voice coming from an abandoned house.
(d) Guido Parra slips during a negotiation with the Notables.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gaviria decide to do after the first hostage deaths?

2. What does Maruja, Marina and Beatriz do to keep hope alive?

3. When is the only time Pacho Santos is required to remain quiet?

4. How is the first hostage executed by the terrorists?

5. From what does Marina suffer by the time Maruja and Beatriz meet her?

(see the answer key)

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