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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dilemma do judges often face in Medellín?
(a) Let a drug trafficker free or allow his family to be killed.
(b) Comply with a law that allows drug traffickers free or overstep their power and imprison them.
(c) Threats to buy into drug traffickers' bribes or be killed.
(d) Uphold the law and send family members to prison or quit the position.

2. What rumor begins to spread near the end of January?
(a) One hostage will be released in exchange for their spouse.
(b) Escobar is done with negotiations.
(c) Two hostages will be released.
(d) Two hostages will be killed.

3. When Maruja is to be released, how much advance notice is she given?
(a) There is no warning.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) Several hours.
(d) Five minutes.

4. What does Pacho want to take with him from his hostage hideout?
(a) The chain that held him in his bed.
(b) A magazine that he feels chronicles the hostage story very well.
(c) A chess piece from one of his favorite guards.
(d) A good luck futbol that the guards and he used to play with.

5. What does the government decide to turn into a prison for Escobar?
(a) A convent.
(b) An old rehabilitation center for drug addicts.
(c) An abandoned prison.
(d) An abandoned fort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alberto personally offer in exchange for Maruja's freedom?

2. Where does Alberto go to visit the Ochoa brothers?

3. Where do Villamizar and the Monkey meet Escobar for his surrender?

4. What message do the Santos' send Pacho in "El Tiempo" when they hear he will be released soon?

5. What does Escobar do to prove his war with Marquez is over?

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