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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 Colonel's oldest son?
(a) Pablo.
(b) Jose.
(c) Che.
(d) Hugo Jr.

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

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

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

5. What does Flaco mean in Spanish?
(a) Skinny.
(b) Addict.
(c) Lover.
(d) Hotty.

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

7. What does the Colonel fear the planes will hit when they fly low over the army base?
(a) Satellite dishes.
(b) Electric wires.
(c) Towers.
(d) Helicopters.

8. What is the name of the newspaper that print stories from Pablo's drug trafficking past?
(a) El Espectador.
(b) Medellin Civica.
(c) Medellin Viva.
(d) El Escribano.

9. What is Hugo Martinez's rank in the police force?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) General.

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

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

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

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

14. What is Pablo's drug of choice?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Heroin.

15. Who do Pablo's men kill in 1989?
(a) Waldemar Franklin.
(b) Luis Galan.
(c) Hugo Martinez.
(d) Robert Meaney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What South American city does the author state is the most exciting place to be in 1948?

2. What is the name of the man who assassinates Gaitan?

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

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

5. What is Hugo's nickname?

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