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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. How does Luis Guillermo Pérez, Marina's son, confirm her identity?
2. What advice does the German journalist give Nydia?
3. When Azucena is released, what does she give Nydia Quintero?
4. What reply is given when Maruja asks who the kidnappers are?
5. In front of whom does Villamizar feel safe enough to drink?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Decree 303, and what spurs its placement?
2. After nearly six months as a hostage, Maruja finally sees her husband. Describe the meeting between Alberto Villamizar and Maruja.
3. Alberto Villamizar is Maruja's husband. What is his reaction to the kidnapping?
4. Beatriz is abducted my mistake. Why does she stay, and what does this say about her character?
5. 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?
6. The hostages are separated into several different groups. Compare and contrast the guards' watch over the kidnapped.
7. Describe Marina Montoya's situation as it is introduced in Chapter One.
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. What is the National Narcotics Statute, and how is it related to the abductions?
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
Research psychological effects on hostages and how it inhibits them from escaping when the opportunity arises. Maruja and Beatriz have an opportunity but decide not to risk it. Pacho has a chance but realizes it a little too late. How do months of imprisonment convince hostages that it is easier to stay put? How does treatment from the guards affect their decision that it is too risky to escape?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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