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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 the name of Pablo's mother?
(a) Esther.
(b) Hermilda.
(c) Maigret.
(d) Rebecca.

2. What did Escobar and his gang use to steal and sell in their early days?
(a) Posters.
(b) Computers.
(c) Headstones.
(d) Clothes.

3. What is the name of the Colonel's oldest son?
(a) Pablo.
(b) Jose.
(c) Hugo Jr.
(d) Che.

4. What does Rubin say was in full swing when he returned to Colombia?
(a) The fair.
(b) The circus.
(c) The freak show.
(d) The carnival.

5. What does the author say Pablo lacked to create a real manifesto?
(a) Passion.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Convictions.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hugo think would happen to him if he accepted Pablo's bribe?

2. What marks Gaitan out as an outsider?

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

4. What does the author say Pablo has the gift of doing when in people's company?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pablo do when he realizes that a member of his inner circle must be a spy?

2. How does Mendoza's life change?

3. How does Lara devastate the Colombian drug trade?

4. What does Escobar's wife tell the TV after the police capture her and her son in Argentina?

5. How did Lara's death affect how the Colombian government dealt with the drug trade?

6. Who are the Los Pepes?

7. Describe Pablo's upbringing.

8. Why is Escobar labeled an international terrorist?

9. Why can't Mendoza arrange for a high security wall to be built around Escobar's prison?

10. What does Colonel Martinez think about Escobar?

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