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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 guard refer to Diana as being?
(a) The least worthy.
(b) Don Pacho's favorite.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Merchandise.

2. When Azucena is released, what does she give Nydia Quintero?
(a) A minicasette from Diana.
(b) A letter from Diana.
(c) A letter from Don Pacho.
(d) A gold chain and cross from Diana.

3. What does Maruja give herself to keep her sanity?
(a) A time for prayer to the Holy Infant once a day.
(b) A cigarette as soon as she wakes up to the gloomy mornings.
(c) Two hours of solitude a day.
(d) One-on-one conversations with Beatriz to keep focus on reality.

4. What forms of communication do Maruja and Beatriz have from the outside world?
(a) Radio and newspapers.
(b) Magazines and television.
(c) Newspapers and magazines.
(d) Radio and television.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Marina think she will not leave alive?

2. What finally gets Escobar to surrender?

3. What does Diana begin to do when she learns her kidnapping is not an isolated event?

4. What is Beatriz's initial response to the attack?

5. What problem does the law face if they capture a drug trafficking terrorist?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Beatriz is released, Maruja is now the only prisoner. Describe Maruja's state after Beatriz is gone?

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

3. Beatriz is released after many months. Describe her homecoming and her adjustments to her old life.

4. The large group of six hostages is the media group from Crìpton. At first, they are separated into groups of three, then two. What is the purpose of the separation if they remain in the same area?

5. 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?

6. After nearly six months as a hostage, Maruja finally sees her husband. Describe the meeting between Alberto Villamizar and Maruja.

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. 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?

9. How does Nydia feel about the rescue attempt before and after it occurs?

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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