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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 do the Prisco brothers play a role in the gang life?
2. Maruja and Beatriz are soon joined by another hostage. When was this person kidnapped?
3. From what illness does Maruja suffer a month after her abduction?
4. What major drug trafficker(s) accept Decree 3030?
5. How do the guards prevent Maruja from learning about the retaliation for the Priscos' death?
Short Essay Questions
1. When the Extraditables kill Marina and leave her, the public does not even know for a week. Eventually the Extraditables confirm her murder. Why do the Extraditables confirm Marina's killing when public uncertainty comes up?
2. The abductions are very well planned. Choose two abductions and describe in detail how the kidnappings occurred successfully.
3. Beatriz is released after many months. Describe her homecoming and her adjustments to her old life.
4. When Pacho learns he is about to be released, he looks over all his notes and tears up all but three of them. He also saves the letters he wrote to his family. Why does he tear all his works up?
5. Francisco Santos makes a mini-cassette to prove that he remains alive. Describe his character on the videotape and how it shows what Santos believes in.
6. Maruja and Beatriz are the last of the ten people taken hostage. What spurs the decision to abduct these last two when the kidnappers already have eight hostages?
7. The Extraditables want new laws that will keep them safe from extradition. Why is extradition most feared out of all punishments?
8. Describe the attempt to rescue Diana Turbay and its consequences.
9. Guido Parra is no longer Escobar's negotiating lawyer and has dropped out of the picture. What happens to Guido Parra and why?
10. Who are the Ochoa brothers and describe their importance to the hostages?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Diana Turbay's character as seen through her past work and time spent in captivity. What words best describe her? What is she like as a person? A journalist?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Ten hostages are taken by the Extraditables. Some are imprisoned for over 6 months while others are released earlier. Each of their situations is different, but some comparisons are still there. Describe the consequences of imprisonment on a hostage physically and psychologically. Consider the different hostages and how they are treated.
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