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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. What kind of shoes does Pablo like to wear?

2. What is Pablo's drug of choice?

3. What is the name of the US. ambassador of Colombia in 1987?

4. Where had Pablo's mother been visiting on the day of his murder?

5. What did people begin referring to Pablo as after he killed the Conservative landowner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Escobar's country home.

3. Why is Escobar labeled an international terrorist?

4. Why does Escobar start shipping cocaine to America?

5. Who are the Los Pepes?

6. How do the PNC eventually kill Pablo?

7. How does Lara devastate the Colombian drug trade?

8. How did Gaitán come to prominence in 1948?

9. How does Escobar like to settle disputes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

How does the airline bombing change people's views on Escobar? Why does Escobar think it is necessary to take such extreme measures? Does the bombing contributes to Escobar's downfall?

Essay Topic 3

How important was Gaitan to Colombia? How does his assassination change the situation in Colombia at this point? What would have happened to Colombia if he had stayed alive?

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