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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 problem does the law face if they capture a drug trafficking terrorist?
2. Who is the first to be kidnapped in the string of related abductions?
3. Who is the first to know that Diana and Santos' kidnappings are the works of Escobar?
4. What forms of communication do Maruja and Beatriz have from the outside world?
5. How do the majordomo and his wife treat Maruja's on her birthday?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Marina Montoya's situation as it is introduced in Chapter One.
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. The guards who watch over Marina, Maruja, and Beatriz are excessively strict, but in about a month, they are able to relax a little on the rules. Why do the guards start off by being strict?
5. Beatriz is released after many months. Describe her homecoming and her adjustments to her old life.
6. 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?
7. In detail, describe how Marina, Maruja, and Beatriz take in the fact that they remain hostages into the New Year.
8. The Priscos brothers are murdered. Who are they and how are they related to the kidnappings?
9. Diana compares the negotiations of their lives to a game of chess. How do the Extraditables and the government play a form of chess involving the hostages?
10. Describe the attempt to rescue Diana Turbay and its consequences.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Although Pablo died in 1993, how does his infamy continue on with the family. Research Pablo Escobar's family and what state they are currently in. How does Colombia view Escobar's family? How do other countries view Escobar and his family?
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
Describe the negotiations between Guido Parra and the hostages' families. What is Parra's motivation? How does he overstep his boundaries?
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