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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Escobar claim Mr. Gaviria was murdered by?
(a) The national police.
(b) The government.
(c) The military.
(d) Himself.

2. Where do the Centra Spike team live in the first month?
(a) A mansion.
(b) A undown apartment.
(c) A children's home.
(d) Hotel rooms.

3. What does Gacha have on the band of his Panama hat?
(a) A rat head.
(b) A duck feather.
(c) A snake head.
(d) A Rabbit foot.

4. In which publication did Genearl Maza declare himself Pablo's personal enemy?
(a) Time.
(b) Face.
(c) El Tiempo.
(d) Das Spiegel.

5. Where does Escobar claim he worked as an adolescence?
(a) A petrol station.
(b) A bicycle rent shop.
(c) A Mercedes factory plant.
(d) A cotton field.

6. Who does Pablo declare war on?
(a) The masses.
(b) The guerillas.
(c) The government.
(d) America.

7. What is Falcon Aviation?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A flying school.
(c) A dummy corporation.
(d) An airplane manufacturer.

8. What is Centra Spike's specialty?
(a) Kidnapping people.
(b) Killing people.
(c) Drug trafficking.
(d) Finding people.

9. Where is Steve Murphy from?
(a) Southern California.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) North Dakota.

10. What is the name of Gacha's teenage son?
(a) David.
(b) Jose.
(c) Freddy.
(d) Pablo.

11. What do the police find in the trunk of the colonel's car?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Heroin.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A dead body.

12. What do the guerillas like to throw in the railroad underpasses?
(a) Grenades.
(b) Mud.
(c) Water.
(d) Knives.

13. What does the author say shifting identities is like for the Centra Spike men?
(a) Moving school.
(b) Trying on a new hat.
(c) Putting on a new pair of shoes.
(d) Moving house.

14. How does the government decide to try and keep Pablo in the prison?
(a) Build a maximum security prison around La Catedral.
(b) Put military guards outside La Catedral.
(c) Make a new law that states he has to stay.
(d) Try to persuade Pablo to hand over La Catedral to the government.

15. How does the author describe Pablo's cruelty?
(a) Sudden.
(b) Casual.
(c) Thorough.
(d) Sadistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does NSA stand for?

2. What kind of witness does Escobar call Max Mermelstein?

3. What does Pablo tell a reporter he intends to study?

4. How does Mermelstein describe Escobar's appearance in the Semana magazine?

5. What is the name of Gacha's hometown?

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