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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Extraditables' lawyer want for his clients in terms of treatment?
(a) Political treatment as the guerrillas get them.
(b) Amnesty.
(c) A safe security prison.
(d) Minimum punishment if they turn themselves in.

2. Why do Orlando's wife and Richard's mother worry their relatives will be the first to die?
(a) The men are known to be hotheads and make further trouble.
(b) There is no one fighting for their husband and son's lives.
(c) Both men suffer from chronic health issues.
(d) They are not in a position to give the Extraditables what they want.

3. What does Maruja give herself to keep her sanity?
(a) One-on-one conversations with Beatriz to keep focus on reality.
(b) A time for prayer to the Holy Infant once a day.
(c) Two hours of solitude a day.
(d) A cigarette as soon as she wakes up to the gloomy mornings.

4. What is the major underlying problem that disturbs the government's ability to control drug trafficking and guerrilla warfare?
(a) Politicians fear of assassination, so they never strengthen laws.
(b) Corruption within the government.
(c) Economic turmoil that makes drug trafficking tempting.
(d) Lack of an effective judicial system.

5. Who does Villamizar call for help?
(a) Alexandra, Maruja's daughter.
(b) Julio César, another hostage's family member.
(c) Manuel Perez, a friend of Alberto's.
(d) César Gaviria, the President.

6. Where is Marina's body buried after it is found and autopsied?
(a) In the family cemetery plot.
(b) In the cemetery for the homeless.
(c) At a cemetery dedicated to martyrs.
(d) In a mass grave with other unidentified bodies.

7. Where is the first hiding place located?
(a) La Tercera.
(b) El Calle.
(c) La Calera.
(d) La Castellanos.

8. What is Marina's condition when she is called by the guards to get ready to leave?
(a) Ready and waiting.
(b) Oblivious to the threat of being a hostage.
(c) Bedridden.
(d) Full of anticipation of release.

9. How do the Prisco brothers play a role in the gang life?
(a) They are the only ones who know where Escobar resides.
(b) They are the masterminds behind the drug cartel to the U.S.
(c) They are accused of assassinations and being the brains behind the current abductions.
(d) They are in charge of all the hostages during their imprisonment.

10. The hostages' living conditions are __________.
(a) Abysmal.
(b) Filled with cockroaches and rats.
(c) Meticulously clean.
(d) Bare and sterile.

11. What reply is given when Maruja asks who the kidnappers are?
(a) Virgilio Barco.
(b) FOCINE.
(c) M-19.
(d) New Liberalism.

12. The kidnappings are bargains to negotiate what?
(a) Escobar's freedom.
(b) A drug trafficker's punishment.
(c) Escobar's ability to gain office in government.
(d) A drug trafficker's ability to leave Colombia.

13. At the end of October, what does Diana learn is distressing Azucena?
(a) Azucena believes she is pregnant.
(b) Azucena's wedding anniversary is coming up.
(c) Azucena is having hallucinations.
(d) Azucena's father is in the hospital.

14. The Santos family learns Pacho is in the northern part of Bogota. How do they know this?
(a) Pacho reads a headline from a local edition newspaper on a minicassette to prove he's alive.
(b) Pacho talks of clues in a minicassette sent to the family to prove he's alive.
(c) Hernando's friend recognizes Pacho's voice coming from an abandoned house.
(d) Guido Parra slips during a negotiation with the Notables.

15. What is Beatriz's initial response to the attack?
(a) She spits at the first man and starts running.
(b) She attempts to hide on the floor of the car.
(c) She throws her jewelry at them, thinking it is a burglary.
(d) She is paralyzed and cannot move.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does the law face if they capture a drug trafficking terrorist?

2. How do the guards discover that it is Maruja's birthday?

3. After Gaviria's response to the deaths, how do the Extraditables answer?

4. Who is the first person freed?

5. In Dr. Guerrero's state with his wife kidnapped, what does he decide to do?

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