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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Azucena is released, what does she give Nydia Quintero?
(a) A letter from Diana.
(b) A minicasette from Diana.
(c) A letter from Don Pacho.
(d) A gold chain and cross from Diana.

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

3. What is most surprising about Santos' kidnapping?
(a) It is done in the middle of a busy street.
(b) It succeeds despite the number of cops at the scene.
(c) It is done in the middle of his workplace.
(d) Everyone sees, but no one says a word due to fear.

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

5. From what does Marina suffer by the time Maruja and Beatriz meet her?
(a) Hearing voices.
(b) Amnesia.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Anorexia.

6. From what illness does Maruja suffer a month after her abduction?
(a) Phlebitis.
(b) Migraines.
(c) Heart ailments.
(d) Diarrhea.

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

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

9. How do the Prisco brothers play a role in the gang life?
(a) They are the only ones who know where Escobar resides.
(b) They are the masterminds behind the drug cartel to the U.S.
(c) They are in charge of all the hostages during their imprisonment.
(d) They are accused of assassinations and being the brains behind the current abductions.

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

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

12. What does Maruja use to help ease her anxiety during the car ride to the hiding place?
(a) Marjoram.
(b) Benadryl.
(c) Cardamom seeds.
(d) Sunflower seeds.

13. 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) A note in her bag says to call him in case of an emergency.
(c) Beatriz and her husband are well-known politicians.
(d) Alberto Villamizar informs them.

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

15. The kidnappings are bargains to negotiate what?
(a) A drug trafficker's ability to leave Colombia.
(b) A drug trafficker's punishment.
(c) Escobar's freedom.
(d) Escobar's ability to gain office in government.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Diana begin to do when she learns her kidnapping is not an isolated event?

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

4. What sign of mental stress, previously seen in Marina, does Maruja now display?

5. Of the noted men that turn themselves in after Decree 3030, what is the biggest influence that causes them to surrender?

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