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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 is Gaitan's slogan?
(a) I believe in change.
(b) I am at one with my own.
(c) I see nothing but the future.
(d) I am not a man, I am a people.

2. What is the name of Pablo's favorite singer?
(a) Romario.
(b) Roberto Carlos.
(c) Leonard Cohen.
(d) Frank Sinatra.

3. What is the name of the village Martinez is from?
(a) Divana.
(b) Bogota.
(c) Mosquera.
(d) Milena.

4. What national hero do the Colombians compare Galan to?
(a) Gaitan.
(b) Forlan.
(c) Iniesta.
(d) Marquez.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Colonel's oldest son?

2. What kind of shoes does Pablo like to wear?

3. What did Maria claim the police refused to give her while in custody?

4. What is the name of the basketball star who died after snorting cocaine?

5. What is Hugo's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pablo say is his personal opinion on cocaine?

2. How does Escobar try to win over Martinez?

3. In what does Pablo express an obsession for education?

4. What problems does Escobar face to his business in 1979?

5. What was La Violencia?

6. In what way is the Colombian scene in shambles in chapter four?

7. Why does Escobar start shipping cocaine to America?

8. How does Mendoza's life change?

9. How do the DEA gather evidence of Escobar's activities?

10. Describe Pablo's upbringing.

(see the answer keys)

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