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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the first hiding place located?
(a) La Tercera.
(b) La Castellanos.
(c) La Calera.
(d) El Calle.

2. How do the kidnappers learn Beatriz's identity?
(a) From a television news report.
(b) Through a radio announcement.
(c) Marina tells them.
(d) Maruja tells them.

3. Why do the kidnappers take Maruja and Beatriz to a second hiding place?
(a) Maruja whispers too loudly that she knows where they may be.
(b) The police learn the kidnappers' escape route, so they must leave.
(c) Beatriz figures out their location when she looks out a bathroom window.
(d) To confuse the women further.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Manuel Perez famous for?

2. What do drug traffickers fear most for punishment?

3. What reply is given when Maruja asks who the kidnappers are?

4. How do Escobar's men treat Maruja's and Beatriz's guards?

5. What major term is Decree 3030 missing that angers Escobar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Ochoa brothers and describe their importance to the hostages?

2. Maruja is home, and Escobar is in prison. At the end of it all, how does Alberto Villamizar's life change due to the events surrounding his wife's abduction?

3. Dr. Guerrero is Beatriz's husband. What is his initial reaction to the abductions and the consequences of his reaction?

4. Maruja's daughter, Alexandra, commissions a program that is used to help communicate with her mother. What does this say about the family's connections and class?

5. There are decrees passed by the Constituent Assembly that deal with drug trafficking. However, when the terms are not agreeable, no one heeds their messages and laws. How do the citizens go about rejecting a decree? What gives them that ability?

6. The hostages are imprisoned, but on occasions, there are exceptions to the rules. What acts show some sympathy from the kidnappers? How does this make the hostages feel?

7. When the hostage situation seems at a standstill and all avenues at a dead end, Father García Herreros steps into the picture. What spurs Father Herreros to help end the hostage situation?

8. Diana Turbay is one of the main hostages from the media group of six. Describe her background that shows her history and character.

9. Diana compares the negotiations of their lives to a game of chess. How do the Extraditables and the government play a form of chess involving the hostages?

10. Why do the kidnappers abduct family members rather than the actual politicians or other influential people?

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