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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pablo order his men to kill Franklin?
(a) He shot at his home.
(b) He had signed a treaty with the US.
(c) He refused his wife a bottle of milk.
(d) He printed negative stories about him.

2. What member of Pablo's family is kidnapped?
(a) His brother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

3. What South American city does the author state is the most exciting place to be in 1948?
(a) Bogota.
(b) Sao Paulo.
(c) Lima.
(d) Bueno Airos.

4. What does the author say stalks Colombia like a biblical plague?
(a) Politics.
(b) Violence.
(c) Theft.
(d) Drug trafficking.

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

6. Who does Pablo claim is using Lara?
(a) The Conservatives.
(b) Fidel Castro.
(c) The New Liberals.
(d) The US embassy.

7. What sport did the young Pedro love to play?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Rugby.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Tennis.

8. What is Gaitan's slogan?
(a) I see nothing but the future.
(b) I am at one with my own.
(c) I believe in change.
(d) I am not a man, I am a people.

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

10. What does Hugo think would happen to him if he accepted Pablo's bribe?
(a) His sons would disown him.
(b) He would go to hell.
(c) Pablo would own him.
(d) His wife would leave him.

11. What kind of person does the author say Colombia breeds?
(a) Bandits.
(b) Outlaws.
(c) Robin Hoods.
(d) Tyrants.

12. What famous American building does Pablo pose in front of with his son Juan Pablo?
(a) The Senate.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) The World Trade Center.
(d) The White House.

13. What did Escobar and his gang use to steal and sell in their early days?
(a) Headstones.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Posters.
(d) Computers.

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

15. What TV station aired a documentary accusing Pablo of being a drug trafficker?
(a) ABC.
(b) Sky.
(c) BBC.
(d) Fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pablo force the judge off his case?

2. Who does Pablo think the Americans are more interested in fighting than narcos?

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

4. Who do Pablo's men kill in 1989?

5. What did people begin referring to Pablo as after he killed the Conservative landowner?

(see the answer keys)

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