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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what illness does Maruja suffer a month after her abduction?
(a) Heart ailments.
(b) Migraines.
(c) Phlebitis.
(d) Diarrhea.

2. What problem does the law face if they capture a drug trafficking terrorist?
(a) Lack of evidence to convict.
(b) Inability to extradite the suspect.
(c) Public safety during the attempts to physically capture any of the terrorists.
(d) Retaliation from the cartel.

3. What does Maruja, Marina and Beatriz do to keep hope alive?
(a) They visualize their release.
(b) They share good memories with one another.
(c) They play games with the guards.
(d) They pretend they are at Maruja's apartment.

4. What forms of communication do Maruja and Beatriz have from the outside world?
(a) Magazines and television.
(b) Radio and newspapers.
(c) Radio and television.
(d) Newspapers and magazines.

5. When is the first person freed?
(a) December 12.
(b) December 7.
(c) November 22.
(d) November 26.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Azucena is released, what does she give Nydia Quintero?

2. Which hostage is no longer worth a bargain?

3. How do the police know how to reach Beatriz's husband?

4. Why is Germán Montoya an important man?

5. What sign of mental stress, previously seen in Marina, does Maruja now display?

Short Essay Questions

1. Hernando Santos is seventy-eight years old and has had five bypass surgeries when Francisco is abducted. How does he react and what does this say about his character?

2. 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.

3. Describe Maruja's and Beatriz's initial reaction to their kidnapping.

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. How does Nydia feel about the rescue attempt before and after it occurs?

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. Why do drug traffickers not like the New Liberation Party? How does New Liberation feel about drug trafficking?

8. When Beatriz is released, Maruja is now the only prisoner. Describe Maruja's state after Beatriz is gone?

9. There are decrees passed by the Constituent Assembly that deal with drug trafficking. However, when the terms are not agreeable, no one heeds their messages and laws. How do the citizens go about rejecting a decree? What gives them that ability?

10. Describe the attempt to rescue Diana Turbay and its consequences.

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