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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maruja use to help ease her anxiety during the car ride to the hiding place?

2. How does Marina spend her New Year's Eve?

3. Who is retrieved safely through a rescue mission?

4. What is Marina's condition when she is called by the guards to get ready to leave?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. The abductions are very well planned. Choose two abductions and describe in detail how the kidnappings occurred successfully.

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. Dr. Guerrero is Beatriz's husband. What is his initial reaction to the abductions and the consequences of his reaction?

7. When the President is unable to give the families what they ask for to find their families, some of them turn to the Notables. Who are the Notables and what is their role during the abductions?

8. Escobar promises to release Maruja and Pacho. There are various sources, but Villamizar is ecstatic. One reporter notes with surprise that Alberto can be so trusting. What makes this promise from Escobar believable despite previous promises?

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

10. Maruja is released first to be on time before the 7:30 evening news. Pacho's release is scheduled in time for the 9:00 pm news. Why are their releases scheduled in time with the news?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Colombian government as it was in the late 1980s/early 1990s. What type of government was it? How was it enacted? Write about how the government plays into the lives of drug traffickers and narcoterrorism.

Essay Topic 2

Negotiations between the Extraditables and the hostages' families are met with hope and failure. Explain how the passage of time affects both sides' ability to negotiate. Do they maintain progress? Is there a lull that disqualifies the negotiating abilities of those involved? Is there an effect on both sides' hopes and demands?

Essay Topic 3

When the Extraditables decide to kill the hostages, they list the execution order as Marina, Richard, Beatriz, Maruja, Diana, then Pacho. Why this order? Why have an order at all? How does this order benefit the Extraditables?

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