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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What marks Gaitan out as an outsider?
(a) His war wounds.
(b) His criminal past.
(c) His deformity.
(d) His mixed blood.

2. How does Pablo force the judge off his case?
(a) He hires the judge's brother as his lawyer.
(b) He blackmails the judge with photographs.
(c) He threatens to kill the judge's family.
(d) He offers the judge thousands of dollars.

3. What does the author call a joke in chapter three?
(a) Escobar's trial.
(b) The election of Clinton.
(c) The American drug police.
(d) Escobar's imprisonment.

4. What did Maria claim the police refused to give her while in custody?
(a) A glass of water.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Her telephone call.
(d) A bottle of milk.

5. What is the name of the Colonel's oldest son?
(a) Che.
(b) Pablo.
(c) Jose.
(d) Hugo Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the CIA station chief?

2. Who does Pablo claim is using Lara?

3. What is Pablo's pet name for his wife?

4. What is the name of the American drug czar appointed in 1989?

5. How did Pablo's enemies try to kill him in January 1988?

(see the answer key)

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