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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What TV station aired a documentary accusing Pablo of being a drug trafficker?
(a) Sky.
(b) ABC.
(c) BBC.
(d) Fox.

2. What is Pablo's pet name for his wife?
(a) JoJo.
(b) Guardia.
(c) Tata.
(d) Mother.

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

4. What is Hugo Martinez's rank in the police force?
(a) Colonel.
(b) General.
(c) Sergeant.
(d) Lieutenant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of person does the author say Colombia breeds?

2. Who listed Escobar as the seventh richest man in 1989?

3. What does Bennett want to send to kill the narcos?

4. What is the name of Pablo's mother?

5. What is the name of the army's counterterroism unit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What influenced Pablo's decision to become a criminal?

2. How is Pablo raising money for his war against the state?

3. How does Escobar kidnap Mendoza?

4. How do the Los Pepes react to Escobar's attack on the bookshop?

5. How does Lara devastate the Colombian drug trade?

6. In what way could the Escobars be described as middle class?

7. Why does Escobar start shipping cocaine to America?

8. Why was Gaviria not on board the plane that Escobar blows up?

9. How does Escobar try to win over Martinez?

10. What does the author think killing Pablo was primarily about?

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