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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was Martinez's position in the small town of Perreda?
(a) Police constable.
(b) Station commander.
(c) Commander in chief.
(d) Head advisor.

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What famous figure does Bowden compare Pablo's mustache to?

5. What is the name of the basketball star who died after snorting cocaine?

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