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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What city does Escobar threaten to dynamite?
(a) Cali.
(b) Cartagena.
(c) Bogotá.
(d) Manizales.

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

4. What is one thing that confirms Maruja's thoughts about Marina's ending?
(a) They put Beatriz' hood on with the eyeholes forward instead of backwards.
(b) The guards are not sullen when Beatriz leaves like the day Marina left.
(c) When Beatriz leaves, the boss is more light-hearted in demeanor.
(d) Majordomo offers to return the television when Beatriz leaves.

5. What does President Gaviria make clear to Maza Márquez about rescue missions?
(a) No armed rescue missions without family consent.
(b) There will be no rescue attempts at any cost.
(c) Plans for a rescue mission should begin right away.
(d) No rescue missions without safety of arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does law enforcement identify the body of the first hostage executed?

2. What reply is given when Maruja asks who the kidnappers are?

3. How does Marina spend her New Year's Eve?

4. To what game does Diana compare the negotiations?

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

(see the answer key)

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