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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stops Pacho from considering suicide?
(a) A deep conversation with one of the guards.
(b) A column in "El Tiempo" specifically telling Pacho not to think about it.
(c) A picture of his family in the paper.
(d) Rereading a letter he wrote to his wife while imprisoned.

2. The attitude shown during days of waiting for Father Herreros and Escobar to meet can be described as __________.
(a) Relieving for Villamizar.
(b) Impatient for Escobar.
(c) Impatient for Father Herreros.
(d) Anxious for the Monkey.

3. Who visits the prison to approve it before Escobar's surrender?
(a) President Gaviria.
(b) Villamizar and the Monkey.
(c) Rafael Pardo.
(d) Luis Jorge Pataquiva, the prison director.

4. Escobar does not want a firing range at the prison because he believes it is what?
(a) A place where he will have to watch some of his guards pay their penalty.
(b) A practice range for the Elite Corps.
(c) An area that will inhibit his future plans to escape.
(d) A place where prisoners are the targets.

5. What stops Andrés from seeing his mother immediately?
(a) A police checkpoint stops him from going further.
(b) His anxiety.
(c) He has to fight his way through a throng of reporters.
(d) Lots of car troubles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beatriz find out about Marina's death?

2. How does Alberto Villamizar prepare for his reunion with Maruja?

3. What does the majordomo tell Maruja when he hands her a radio?

4. What belief do both Pacho's wife and Escobar follow that influences their outlook of the future?

5. What does Escobar do to prove his war with Marquez is over?

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