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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 airline that Pablo and his men bomb?
(a) Orion.
(b) Aviaca.
(c) PanAm.
(d) Aeroflot.

2. What does Pablo say Colombia is asking for?
(a) Independence.
(b) Coalition.
(c) Peace.
(d) War.

3. Where was the airplane flying to?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Riga.
(d) Cali.

4. What kind of witness does Escobar call Max Mermelstein?
(a) A lying witness.
(b) A dead witness.
(c) A false witness.
(d) An unreliable witness.

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

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

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

8. What is the name of the CIA station chief?
(a) David Frost.
(b) Peter Mavis.
(c) John O'Connor.
(d) John Connolly.

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

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

11. What kind of bombs does the American hear?
(a) H bombs.
(b) Nail bombs.
(c) Pipe bombs.
(d) Mustard bombs.

12. What is the name of the man Pablo murders on April 21st?
(a) Guillermo Cano.
(b) Luis Vera.
(c) Hector Giraldo.
(d) Martin Gonzales.

13. Where is Escobar imprisoned?
(a) La Harlem.
(b) La Cateral.
(c) La Martinez.
(d) La Gavira.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pablo declare war on?

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

3. What does NSA stand for?

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

5. How does the situation change drastically in 1991?

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