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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Hugo's nickname?
(a) Coco.
(b) Maco.
(c) Gordy.
(d) Flaco.

4. What does Bennett want to send to kill the narcos?
(a) The SAS.
(b) A contract killer.
(c) Mafia assassins.
(d) Military hit squads.

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

6. What is Pablo's pet name for his wife?
(a) Tata.
(b) JoJo.
(c) Guardia.
(d) Mother.

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

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

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

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

11. What the Medellin Civica call Pablo's victory?
(a) The Triumph of the People.
(b) The Victory of the Masses.
(c) The People's Voice.
(d) The Happy Masses.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the American say to himself after he hears forty-four explosions?

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

3. What is the name of the village Martinez is from?

4. What is the name of the Colonel's oldest son?

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

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