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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the basketball star who died after snorting cocaine?
(a) Gordon Reeves.
(b) Dennis Formby.
(c) Larry Bird.
(d) Len Bias.

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

3. What does Rubin say was in full swing when he returned to Colombia?
(a) The circus.
(b) The freak show.
(c) The carnival.
(d) The fair.

4. What famous figure does Bowden compare Pablo's mustache to?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Castro.
(d) Stalin.

5. How does the author describe Martinez's sense of humor?
(a) Crisp and quiet.
(b) Fun and stomach churning.
(c) Subtle yet biting.
(d) Sharp and cruel.

6. What is the name of Pablo's favorite singer?
(a) Romario.
(b) Frank Sinatra.
(c) Roberto Carlos.
(d) Leonard Cohen.

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

8. Who does Pablo think the Americans are more interested in fighting than narcos?
(a) Gun dealers.
(b) Child abusers.
(c) Communists.
(d) Guerillas.

9. What is the name of the American drug czar appointed in 1989?
(a) James Raven.
(b) William Bennett.
(c) Robert Franklin.
(d) Cuba Yardley.

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

11. Where is the car bomb discovered that is meant for the Colonel and his family?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the loft.
(c) The basement of their apartment building.
(d) In the communal garden.

12. What does the author say Pablo lacked to create a real manifesto?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Convictions.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Passion.

13. What does the American say to himself after he hears forty-four explosions?
(a) Damn, this going to be fun.
(b) I am in for a long ride.
(c) This is exactly what I wanted.
(d) I am catching the first flight home.

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

15. How does Pablo prove he is a threat to American citizens?
(a) He blows up a commercial plane.
(b) He holds tourists hostage.
(c) He explodes ships in Miami harbor.
(d) He sells guns to American anti-capitalists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Martinez's position in the small town of Perreda?

2. What did Escobar and his gang use to steal and sell in their early days?

3. What the Medellin Civica call Pablo's victory?

4. What is the name of the hotel the American stays in Bogota?

5. What does the author call the mission the colonel has been given?

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