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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 makes Marina think she will not leave alive?
(a) The guards treat her the worst.
(b) The guards did not hide their faces before Maruja and Beatriz arrived.
(c) Marina frustrates the women as well as the guards.
(d) The boss seems to detest her whenever he visits.

2. How are Pacho's guards compared to Maruja and Beatriz's guards?
(a) Pacho's guards are just as harsh.
(b) Pacho's guards are much more informal.
(c) Pacho's guards are hardly present.
(d) Pacho's guards are worse than the women's guards.

3. According to the head of the National Police, why is there an armed raid that rescues Diana and Richard?
(a) It is by the orders of Rafael Pardo.
(b) Gaviria orders the operation because of information from anonymous phone calls.
(c) The raid is meant to seize Escobar.
(d) It is by the orders of Maza Márquez.

4. Who is the only one to not hide the pessimism of the kidnappings of Maruja and Beatriz?
(a) Rafael Pardo.
(b) Maza Márquez.
(c) President Gaviria.
(d) Diego Montaña Cuéllar.

5. How many men are directly involved with the kidnappings of Maruja and Beatriz?
(a) Eight.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is most surprising about Santos' kidnapping?

2. What is the major underlying problem that disturbs the government's ability to control drug trafficking and guerrilla warfare?

3. Where is Marina's body buried after it is found and autopsied?

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

5. Who founded the New Liberalism Party?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. When Pacho learns he is about to be released, he looks over all his notes and tears up all but three of them. He also saves the letters he wrote to his family. Why does he tear all his works up?

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

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

5. 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?

6. Marina is kidnapped three months prior to Maruja and Beatriz. Describe what Marina is going through by the time the other two women show up.

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

8. Describe Marina Montoya's situation as it is introduced in Chapter One.

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

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

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