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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pablo prove he is a threat to American citizens?

2. What is the name of the man who assassinates Gaitan?

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

4. What marks Gaitan out as an outsider?

5. What did Escobar and his gang use to steal and sell in their early days?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What rumors cast doubt on the Search Bloc?

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

4. Describe the scenes after the bookstore bombing.

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

6. How does Escobar try to win over Martinez?

7. Why does Mendoza decide to go back to Colombia?

8. What does Escobar tell the authorities when he surrenders in 1991?

9. What do photos of Escobar's death show?

10. How do the locals react to Pablo's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do the masses and Escobar's family view Pablo Escobar as a revolutionary rather than a criminal? How difficult would it have been for Escobar to help the masses without breaking the law?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Escobar to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the person he is at the end.

1. What did Escobar hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Escobar's ideas about life?

3. How has Escobar's character changed by the end of the book?

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