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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Luis Guillermo Pérez, Marina's son, confirm her identity?
(a) By her well-known high cheekbones.
(b) By her hands.
(c) By her eyes.
(d) By her teeth.

2. What is Marina's condition when she is called by the guards to get ready to leave?
(a) Oblivious to the threat of being a hostage.
(b) Full of anticipation of release.
(c) Ready and waiting.
(d) Bedridden.

3. In what state does Villamizar find Hernando Santos and former president Turbay when he visits them for the first time after Maruja's kidnapping?
(a) Santos and Turbay believe their children are already dead.
(b) Santos and Turbay turn to prayer as their only hope.
(c) Santos and Turbay are discouraged.
(d) Santos and Turbay are still in a fervor to find their children.

4. When Escobar first begins his business with the drug cartel, how do the people of Medellín view them?
(a) They look at him as their Robin Hood.
(b) They are afraid to say anything.
(c) With curiosity but complacency.
(d) They are angry at the rise in crime.

5. How do the guards discover that it is Maruja's birthday?
(a) Maruja makes a fuss about it.
(b) Beatriz and Marina sing "Happy Birthday" to Maruja.
(c) From one of Maruja's optimistic games.
(d) During a television show by her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Maruja work?

2. In 1991, about how many murders occurs in Medellín each day?

3. What does Villamizar think of Guido Parra?

4. Where is Marina's body buried after it is found and autopsied?

5. What happens to Maruja's chauffeur?

(see the answer key)

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