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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 does the Extraditables' lawyer want for his clients in terms of treatment?
(a) Amnesty.
(b) Minimum punishment if they turn themselves in.
(c) Political treatment as the guerrillas get them.
(d) A safe security prison.

2. What major term is Decree 3030 missing that angers Escobar?
(a) Extradition issue.
(b) Safety for his family.
(c) Secure prison from his enemies.
(d) Multiple sentences issue.

3. To what game does Diana compare the negotiations?
(a) Chess.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Risk.
(d) Battleship.

4. What is Marina's condition when she is called by the guards to get ready to leave?
(a) Full of anticipation of release.
(b) Oblivious to the threat of being a hostage.
(c) Bedridden.
(d) Ready and waiting.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The hostages' living conditions are __________.

3. When is the first person freed?

4. What does Marina see the in the laundry area during her nightly walks with Monk?

5. The kidnappings are bargains to negotiate what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Pacho has ideas of escaping when he feels there is no other alternative. How is this option possible? What makes Pacho believe he can escape all the guards?

3. 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?

4. Sometime after Beatriz is released, Escobar notes that he needs Maruja more than ever. Why does Escobar rely on Maruja as a hostage more than other hostages?

5. Explain Decree 3030 and why Escobar is angry about it.

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 hostages are separated into several different groups. Compare and contrast the guards' watch over the kidnapped.

8. Maruja and Beatriz are the last of the ten people taken hostage. What spurs the decision to abduct these last two when the kidnappers already have eight hostages?

9. 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.

10. Why do the kidnappers choose hostages who are media and government related?

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