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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The hostages' living conditions are __________.
(a) Bare and sterile.
(b) Filled with cockroaches and rats.
(c) Abysmal.
(d) Meticulously clean.

2. How do the police know how to reach Beatriz's husband?
(a) Beatriz's husband reaches them first when he hears the news report.
(b) Beatriz and her husband are well-known politicians.
(c) Alberto Villamizar informs them.
(d) A note in her bag says to call him in case of an emergency.

3. What reply is given when Maruja asks who the kidnappers are?
(a) M-19.
(b) New Liberalism.
(c) Virgilio Barco.
(d) FOCINE.

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

5. When are Maruja and Beatriz kidnapped?
(a) October 31.
(b) August 30.
(c) November 7.
(d) November 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the kidnappers abduct the first set of people?

2. What does Maruja use to help ease her anxiety during the car ride to the hiding place?

3. What forms of communication do Maruja and Beatriz have from the outside world?

4. How do Escobar's men treat Maruja's and Beatriz's guards?

5. Who is the first family member to arrive at the scene of Maruja's and Beatriz's abduction?

(see the answer key)

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