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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 are the hostages given to wear while in hiding?
2. What finally gets Escobar to surrender?
3. How does Nydia view President Gaviria?
4. How do the kidnappers abduct the first set of people?
5. Who begins a personal campaign to contact Escobar?
Short Essay Questions
1. Escobar threatens to dynamite Cartagena but decides to cancel it. How is this catastrophe avoided?
2. Alberto Villamizar begins to have communiqués with Escobar when Parra is no longer in the picture as mediator. How do these communiqués begin and end? What results come from them?
3. Why do the kidnappers choose hostages who are media and government related?
4. The decrees are supposed to be the main topic of the negotiations between Escobar and the government. When Decree 303 comes out complying with Escobar's capitulation policy extension, he only releases one hostage and keeps two. Why does Escobar keep the hostages despite his "acceptance" of the latest decree?
5. In detail, describe how Marina, Maruja, and Beatriz take in the fact that they remain hostages into the New Year.
6. Explain Decree 3030 and why Escobar is angry about it.
7. Months have passed for the hostages, and it is already a new year for Marina, Maruja, and Beatriz. What consequences are seen from a long hostage stay?
8. Father García Herreros is able to utilize his popularity to speak with Escobar and negotiate with him. Who exactly is Father Herreros and why is he so popular?
9. Maruja and Pacho, the last of the hostages, are released. Describe the public's reaction to their release.
10. 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?
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
Write an essay describing Nydia's story. What is her fight like from the day Diana is captured to the day she learns Diana is in the hospital? Is her fight over when Diana dies?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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