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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. What is Juan Vitto prescribed when a doctor visits?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Tranquilizers.
(c) More reading.
(d) Over the counter ibuprofen.

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

3. How do the guards react to knowing it is Maruja's birthday?
(a) They are sympathetic.
(b) They give her extra lentils for lunch.
(c) They do not acknowledge it.
(d) They tell Maruja to stop whining about it.

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

5. In front of whom does Villamizar feel safe enough to drink?
(a) Dr. Guerrero.
(b) Andrés.
(c) No one.
(d) Rafael Pardo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do drug traffickers fear most for punishment?

3. Who begins a personal campaign to contact Escobar?

4. To what game does Diana compare the negotiations?

5. When Diana's crew learns of Maruja's abduction, how do they feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Pacho as he tries to escape and what he feels when he fails.

2. Despite a criminal past, how does Escobar show he cares about Father Herreros' respect and opinion.

3. The Priscos brothers are murdered. Who are they and how are they related to the kidnappings?

4. The abductions are very well planned. Choose two abductions and describe in detail how the kidnappings occurred successfully.

5. 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?

6. When Beatriz is first imprisoned, the radio announces she is a physical therapist, but the guards think she is a psychotherapist. They refuse to let her write for fear that she is composing a way to make them all go mad. What does this say about the guards?

7. The Extraditables want new laws that will keep them safe from extradition. Why is extradition most feared out of all punishments?

8. Although the hostages are unable to leave their rooms other than to go to the bathroom, they are able to know a little about what is going on outside through radio and television. Explain how communication from the outside affects the hostages' mentality.

9. During Maruja's and Beatriz' imprisonment, there is a time when the sub machine guns are available to the women. However, they both decide without a word that they will not use it to escape. Why would the women decide not to try and escape despite this opportunity?

10. 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?

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