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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Damaris to leave the house?
(a) The majordomo pushes her out a window.
(b) She is appalled at the treatment of Maruja.
(c) The guards are too drunk and rowdy for her.
(d) She leaves with the children to visit her ailing mother.

2. What does the majordomo tell Maruja when he hands her a radio?
(a) He is not responsible for what she hears.
(b) Marina is dead.
(c) Diana is dead.
(d) Beatriz is well.

3. When Escobar first begins his business with the drug cartel, how do the people of Medellín view them?
(a) They look at him as their Robin Hood.
(b) They are angry at the rise in crime.
(c) With curiosity but complacency.
(d) They are afraid to say anything.

4. What belief do both Pacho's wife and Escobar follow that influences their outlook of the future?
(a) Astrological signs.
(b) Divine signs from the Holy Infant.
(c) Superstitious behaviors such as breaking a mirror bring bad luck.
(d) Reading tea leaves.

5. In preparation for Beatriz's release, what does Maruja do?
(a) With Damaris' help, get Beatriz flowers as a gift.
(b) With Damaris' help, have a dinner of meat and potatoes instead of lentils.
(c) Dress up and put on make-up for a release celebration.
(d) Ask Beatriz to bring back devised codes for the radio and television.

6. How does Beatriz find out about Marina's death?
(a) Beatriz asks her guards in the car.
(b) Dr. Guerrero tells Beatriz he is happy she did not end up like Marina.
(c) Beatriz hears it on the evening news.
(d) Beatriz asks for Marina's phone number.

7. What does Escobar do to prove his war with Marquez is over?
(a) Escobar hands over information regarding his drug trafficking routes.
(b) Escobar orders the boys of Medellín to stop killing the police.
(c) Escobar sends information about where his explosives are kept.
(d) Escobar sends a public communiqué apologizing to Maza Marquez.

8. What stops Andrés from seeing his mother immediately?
(a) He has to fight his way through a throng of reporters.
(b) Lots of car troubles.
(c) A police checkpoint stops him from going further.
(d) His anxiety.

9. What negotiation does Escobar initiate on his own?
(a) He wants Villamizar to represent him as his negotiator with the government in exchange for Maruja's release.
(b) He asks President Gaviria for amnesty for Maruja's and Pacho's release.
(c) He requests that Hernando publish two texts in exchange for Pacho.
(d) He asks don Fabio to speak on his behalf in exchange for money to care for the Ochoa women.

10. With whom is Escobar trying to make contact in order to negotiate?
(a) Alberto Villamizar.
(b) The government.
(c) The Monkey.
(d) Don Fabio.

11. What does the government decide to turn into a prison for Escobar?
(a) An abandoned prison.
(b) An abandoned fort.
(c) An old rehabilitation center for drug addicts.
(d) A convent.

12. Why does Villamizar want to meet Escobar?
(a) To plea for Maruja's and Pacho's return.
(b) To shoot him point blank.
(c) To convince him to surrender.
(d) To see if the man really exists.

13. What does Maruja threaten to do if she does not receive a radio and television?
(a) Stop eating.
(b) Stop talking to the majordomo and Damaris.
(c) To yell at the top of her lungs.
(d) Stop taking her medicines.

14. When Maruja is to be released, how much advance notice is she given?
(a) There is no warning.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) 24 hours.
(d) Several hours.

15. In 1991, about how many murders occurs in Medellín each day?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What last favor does Escobar ask of Alberto when they depart?

2. What do Gloria Pachon and Villamizar ask of the police?

3. How does Escobar receive Father Herreros request to meet?

4. Where do Villamizar and the Monkey meet Escobar for his surrender?

5. According to the "El Especador," what new demand is Escobar asking for?

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