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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Que mas, caballero mean?
(a) Please take off your shoes.
(b) What's the time.
(c) What's happening, my man.
(d) Don't stay too long.

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

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

4. What drug does Escobar claim is created in American labs?
(a) Heroin.
(b) MDMA.
(c) Crack.
(d) Ketamine.

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

6. What was Guillermo Cano's role on the El Espectador?
(a) Sub-editor.
(b) Editor.
(c) Cartoonist.
(d) Reporter.

7. Whose houses does Pablo say he wants to burn down?
(a) Family housed.
(b) The houses of the rich.
(c) Government houses.
(d) The houses of the poor.

8. In his note, who does Pablo say he is ready to confront?
(a) The American government.
(b) The Colombian government.
(c) Traitors.
(d) The masses.

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

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

11. What was the name of the newspaper Hector Giraldo advised?
(a) El Gringo.
(b) El Branca.
(c) El Espectador.
(d) El Bucara.

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

13. How does the author describe Jacoby's eyes?
(a) Heavy lidded.
(b) Wide.
(c) Slits.
(d) Moon-like.

14. What does NSA stand for?
(a) National Slip Agency.
(b) National Security Agency.
(c) Neutral Side Agency.
(d) Natural Sources Association.

15. Whose pursuit does the author say has cut Pablo off from his wealth?
(a) Colonel Jakobey.
(b) Major Toms.
(c) Colonel Martinez.
(d) General Moat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Mendoza ask to build the maximum security prison?

3. What does the author call a joke in chapter three?

4. What is the name of the CIA station chief?

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

(see the answer keys)

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