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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 hotel the American stays in Bogota?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) The Hilton.
(c) The Four Seasons.
(d) The Dorchester.

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

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

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

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

6. What is the name of the army's counterterroism unit?
(a) Delta Force.
(b) SAS.
(c) The Seals.
(d) CIA.

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

8. What did people begin referring to Pablo as after he killed the Conservative landowner?
(a) El Doctor.
(b) El Dentist.
(c) The Debt Collector.
(d) Mr. Death.

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

10. Where had Pablo's mother been visiting on the day of his murder?
(a) A shopping center.
(b) The Internet cafe.
(c) A medical clinic.
(d) The Catholic Church.

11. What is the name of the man who assassinates Gaitan?
(a) Diego.
(b) Xavi.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Roa.

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

13. What is the name of the village Martinez is from?
(a) Mosquera.
(b) Milena.
(c) Divana.
(d) Bogota.

14. What is the name of Pablo's mother?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Esther.
(c) Maigret.
(d) Hermilda.

15. What is the name of the US. ambassador of Colombia in 1987?
(a) John Escobar.
(b) David James.
(c) Charles Gillespie.
(d) Peter Yearly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous American building does Pablo pose in front of with his son Juan Pablo?

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

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

4. Why does Pablo order his men to kill Franklin?

5. Whose problem does Martinez say cocaine is?

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