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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Beatriz do to busy herself while being held hostage?
(a) Looks out a window.
(b) Watches television all day long.
(c) Talks to the guards.
(d) Records details of her imprisonment.

3. What does Maruja give herself to keep her sanity?
(a) A cigarette as soon as she wakes up to the gloomy mornings.
(b) One-on-one conversations with Beatriz to keep focus on reality.
(c) Two hours of solitude a day.
(d) A time for prayer to the Holy Infant once a day.

4. What are the hostages given to wear while in hiding?
(a) Sweat suits.
(b) One long sleeve shirt and long pants.
(c) A thin T-shirt and long pants.
(d) Prisoner's overalls.

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

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

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

8. What does the guard refer to Diana as being?
(a) Garbage.
(b) Don Pacho's favorite.
(c) Merchandise.
(d) The least worthy.

9. What forms of communication do Maruja and Beatriz have from the outside world?
(a) Radio and television.
(b) Radio and newspapers.
(c) Newspapers and magazines.
(d) Magazines and television.

10. When is the first person freed?
(a) December 7.
(b) November 26.
(c) December 12.
(d) November 22.

11. What does Villamizar think of Guido Parra?
(a) That Parra is a crooked opportunist.
(b) That Parra is a serious man but with no real direction.
(c) That Parra is a brilliant negotiator.
(d) That Parra is dangerous for his intelligence of the law.

12. How do the kidnappers get Maruja and Beatriz?
(a) The kidnappers grab the women when they exit the car to enter Maruja's home.
(b) The kidnappers grab the women as they walk to their car after work.
(c) The kidnappers wait for a red light to whisk the women into another vehicle.
(d) The kidnappers crash into Maruja's car and quickly grab the women.

13. What is Beatriz's initial response to the attack?
(a) She is paralyzed and cannot move.
(b) She spits at the first man and starts running.
(c) She throws her jewelry at them, thinking it is a burglary.
(d) She attempts to hide on the floor of the car.

14. Who is allowed to visit Marina and Beatriz in January?
(a) Rafael Pardo.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Alberto Villamizar.
(d) Guido Parra.

15. What becomes of the negotiations between the Notables and Escobar's negotiator for Santos and Turbay?
(a) A counter-offer that leaves families fearing for the hostages' lives.
(b) A series of offers that gives indications of possible release.
(c) A series of offers and counteroffers that arrives at nothing.
(d) They never occur because Escobar calls them off.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what illness does Maruja suffer a month after her abduction?

2. The Santos family learns Pacho is in the northern part of Bogota. How do they know this?

3. Why do Orlando's wife and Richard's mother worry their relatives will be the first to die?

4. What advice does the German journalist give Nydia?

5. How do the Prisco brothers play a role in the gang life?

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