Question: McLaren's followers retaliated by taking as hostages two neighbors who had long clamored for the leader's arrest.
The followers held people hostage for weeks.

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: Once all European prices are quoted in euros, it will be obvious to consumers when a German company is charging more than its French competitor or vice versa--whereas it wouldn't be if the prices were quoted in francs and marks and had to be converted at the going exchange rate.
Once all European prices were reflected in Euros, it showed that German companies charged more than other countries.

Answer: yes

Question: That would not be unusual.
That would not be untypical.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell