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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. From the list below, which is one example of the relaxed freedom given to Marina, Maruja, and Beatriz?
(a) They can stand without asking for permission.
(b) They can talk freely in regular voice volumes.
(c) They can go to the bathroom when they wish.
(d) They can request certain meals a few times a week.

2. What do drug traffickers fear most for punishment?
(a) Multiple sentences.
(b) Death penalty.
(c) Extradition.
(d) Lifetime imprisonment.

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

4. How many guards are there for Maruja, Beatriz, and the other woman held together in one room?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. What complaints do the women in the drug traffickers' family have?
(a) Police brutality.
(b) Unpredictable behavior seen in Escobar.
(c) Fear for their lives if they talk with Nydia.
(d) Unfair punishments for the men in their lives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the first person freed?

3. What does the guard refer to Diana as being?

4. The Santos family learns Pacho is in the northern part of Bogota. How do they know this?

5. From what illness does Maruja suffer a month after her abduction?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the National Narcotics Statute, and how is it related to the abductions?

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

3. 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?

4. Describe what life is like for Escobar after he surrenders.

5. Guido Parra is no longer Escobar's negotiating lawyer and has dropped out of the picture. What happens to Guido Parra and why?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. Alberto Villamizar is Maruja's husband. What is his reaction to the kidnapping?

10. 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.

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