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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occurs as a consequence of the Priscos' execution?
(a) There is an order to kill Pacho Santos.
(b) Escobar refuses further negotiations for the time being.
(c) There is an order to kill Marina.
(d) There is an order to retaliate against the police in Medellín.

2. Why does Escobar reject the law that gives him immunity from his most feared punishment?
(a) He wants non-extradition offered no matter the situation.
(b) He wants to rid of the death penalty altogether.
(c) He wants to lower maximum imprisonment despite the number of cases.
(d) He believes a drug trafficker should only be imprisoned for one sentence.

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

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

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

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

7. In Dr. Guerrero's state with his wife kidnapped, what does he decide to do?
(a) Concentrate on his work even more.
(b) Close his practice for the time being.
(c) Move in with his family for support.
(d) See a psychotherapist.

8. What does Diana begin to do when she learns her kidnapping is not an isolated event?
(a) She gives secret messages to the random women that visit the house.
(b) She tries to get more personal with the head of the household.
(c) She starts a diary.
(d) She gives up hope.

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

10. Who is the first person freed?
(a) Juan Vitta.
(b) Hero Buss.
(c) Marina Montoya.
(d) Richard Becerra.

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

12. Where is Marina's body buried after it is found and autopsied?
(a) At a cemetery dedicated to martyrs.
(b) In a mass grave with other unidentified bodies.
(c) In the cemetery for the homeless.
(d) In the family cemetery plot.

13. How are Pacho's guards compared to Maruja and Beatriz's guards?
(a) Pacho's guards are much more informal.
(b) Pacho's guards are just as harsh.
(c) Pacho's guards are worse than the women's guards.
(d) Pacho's guards are hardly present.

14. Who founded the New Liberalism Party?
(a) Alberto Villamizar, Maruja's husband.
(b) Luis Carlos Galán, Maruja's brother in-law.
(c) Luis Carlos Galán, Beatriz's brother.
(d) Gloria Pachón, Beatriz's sister.

15. What is different about Diana and her crew's location compared to the other hostages' hiding places?
(a) Diana and her crew know exactly where they are.
(b) Diana and her crew are in the middle of a busy city.
(c) Diana's group is closer to Medellín and not in Bogotá.
(d) Diana and her crew are usually in shacks rather than a house.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what game does Diana compare the negotiations?

2. Why do the kidnappers take Maruja and Beatriz to a second hiding place?

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

4. What does the letter sent from the Extraditables to Turbay and Santos threaten if they do not receive what they want?

5. What does Villamizar think of Guido Parra?

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