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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The hostages' living conditions are __________.
(a) Meticulously clean.
(b) Filled with cockroaches and rats.
(c) Abysmal.
(d) Bare and sterile.

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

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

4. Who is the only one to not hide the pessimism of the kidnappings of Maruja and Beatriz?
(a) President Gaviria.
(b) Rafael Pardo.
(c) Diego Montaña Cuéllar.
(d) Maza Márquez.

5. What does Gaviria decide to do after the first hostage deaths?
(a) Send a message to Escobar that he will not yield.
(b) Offer non-extradition to all who come forth at any time.
(c) Investigate possibilities of assassinating Escobar.
(d) Change the capitulation policy date in the decree.

6. What sign of mental stress, previously seen in Marina, does Maruja now display?
(a) Eating disorder.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) lnsomnia.
(d) Migraines.

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

8. How does Marina spend her New Year's Eve?
(a) She drinks and tries drugs with the guards.
(b) Quietly in the corner.
(c) She dances all night without music.
(d) Laughing and joking with the guards.

9. How do the kidnappers abduct the first set of people?
(a) The abductors break into each person's individual home in the middle of night.
(b) The abductors promise them an interview.
(c) The abductors hijack their news van.
(d) Manuel Perez captures them during an interview and hands them over.

10. The feelings of the kidnappers during the abduction can be described as __________.
(a) Confident.
(b) Calm.
(c) Rigid.
(d) Nervy.

11. Who is the first to know that Diana and Santos' kidnappings are the works of Escobar?
(a) The media.
(b) Former president Turbay.
(c) Hernando Santos.
(d) César Gaviria.

12. How does Nydia achieve contact with Escobar?
(a) Through his sister-in-law.
(b) Through Guido Parra.
(c) Through the Ochoa brothers.
(d) Through the Ochoa sisters.

13. If the drug traffickers turn themselves in, what law gives drug traffickers immunity from the punishment that most of them fear?
(a) Decree 2047.
(b) Decree 303.
(c) Decree 3030.
(d) National Narcotics Statute of 1985.

14. What happens to Maruja's chauffeur?
(a) He is thrown out of the car and left behind.
(b) He is shot to death.
(c) He is temporarily knocked out with chloroform.
(d) He is hit unconscious.

15. What major drug trafficker(s) accept Decree 3030?
(a) Don Pacho.
(b) Priscos brothers.
(c) Nieves brothers.
(d) The Ochoa brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maruja and Beatriz are soon joined by another hostage. When was this person kidnapped?

2. To what game does Diana compare the negotiations?

3. From the list below, which is one example of the relaxed freedom given to Marina, Maruja, and Beatriz?

4. Who remains after the series of hostage releases in late 1990?

5. How do the guards discover that it is Maruja's birthday?

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