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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. To what game does Diana compare the negotiations?
2. What is Marina's condition when she is called by the guards to get ready to leave?
3. What major drug trafficker(s) accept Decree 3030?
4. What is Juan Vitto prescribed when a doctor visits?
5. What problem does the law face if they capture a drug trafficking terrorist?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Maruja's and Beatriz's initial reaction to their kidnapping.
2. Describe what life is like for Escobar after he surrenders.
3. 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?
4. The abductions are very well planned. Choose two abductions and describe in detail how the kidnappings occurred successfully.
5. 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?
6. Dr. Guerrero is Beatriz's husband. What is his initial reaction to the abductions and the consequences of his reaction?
7. Despite a criminal past, how does Escobar show he cares about Father Herreros' respect and opinion.
8. Guido Parra is no longer Escobar's negotiating lawyer and has dropped out of the picture. What happens to Guido Parra and why?
9. The President is called on for help during these abductions. President Gaviria does not feel he can give what the families and kidnappers are asking for. What is being asked of President Gaviria, and why is he resistant to give in to these demands?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the Extraditables. Who are they? Who is their leader? What are they known for? Why are they called the Extraditables? How do they have so much power?
Essay Topic 2
Colombia's drug trafficking has a large following. Explain the appeals and why it has so many willing followers.
Essay Topic 3
Decree 303 is passed days after Diana's death. The Extraditables get their extension on the capitulation policy. Where does the government stand at this point in time? Who has more control of the situation? Who has given up more at this stage? Who is winning the war between the Extraditables and the government?
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