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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author call the mission the colonel has been given?
(a) Mission impossible.
(b) A people's mission.
(c) A suicide mission.
(d) A death mission.

2. What does the author say Pablo has the gift of doing when in people's company?
(a) Making people angry.
(b) Making people laugh from their stomachs.
(c) Working people out.
(d) Putting people at ease.

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

4. What was the name of the war that began in 1899?
(a) The War of Independence.
(b) The War of a Million Deaths.
(c) The Hundred Year War.
(d) The War of a Thousand Days.

5. In what state had Lara arranged with the US embassy to live in with her family?
(a) Washington.
(b) Virginia.
(c) New York.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maria claim the police refused to give her while in custody?

2. What sport did the young Pedro love to play?

3. What is the name of Pablo's mother?

4. What kind of person does the author say Colombia breeds?

5. Where is the car bomb discovered that is meant for the Colonel and his family?

(see the answer key)

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