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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What President Gaviria order General Pardo to do?
(a) Raid the prison.
(b) Fire upon the prison.
(c) Kill Pablo.
(d) Blow up the prison.

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

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

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

5. What kind of bomb is used to blow up Antonio Roldan's car?
(a) A nail bomb.
(b) A remote controlled bomb.
(c) A timer bomb.
(d) A petrol bomb.

6. How does Pardo astonish Gaviria?
(a) He tries to kill Gaviria.
(b) He takes a bribe from Pablo.
(c) He refuses to blow up the prison.
(d) He refuses to shake Gaviria's hand.

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

8. How is Gustavo Gaviria related to Escobar?
(a) His brother.
(b) His son.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His nephew.

9. Who does Mendoza ask to build the maximum security prison?
(a) The American government.
(b) The guerilla.
(c) The Bureau of Prisons.
(d) The Medellin people.

10. What was the young man told was in the suitcase he takes aboard the plane?
(a) A tape recorder.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Dynamite.
(d) Money.

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

12. What does Escobar work out that the governments have bugged?
(a) His garden shed.
(b) His car.
(c) His telephone.
(d) His cell phone.

13. How does Mermelstein describe Escobar's appearance in the Semana magazine?
(a) Fat and stout.
(b) Tall and thin.
(c) Sturdy and short.
(d) Muscular and violent.

14. Who owns the prison Escobar is put into?
(a) Martinez.
(b) The American government.
(c) Escobar.
(d) The Colombian government.

15. What is the name of Gacha's hometown?
(a) Bogota.
(b) Escribiano.
(c) Pancho.
(d) Pacho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Guillermo Cano's role on the El Espectador?

2. What does Pablo say Colombia is asking for?

3. What was the name of the newspaper Hector Giraldo advised?

4. How does the author describe Pablo's cruelty?

5. Where was the airplane flying to?

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