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

2. What kind of business did Martinez's father run?

3. What famous American building does Pablo pose in front of with his son Juan Pablo?

4. What the Medellin Civica call Pablo's victory?

5. What national hero do the Colombians compare Galan to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Escobar start shipping cocaine to America?

3. How does Hermilda react to her son's death?

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

5. What was La Violencia?

6. Describe Pablo's upbringing.

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

8. Why did Escobar kill Franklin?

9. How does Martinez show he is coming to the end of his tether at the end of this section?

10. Why is Escobar labeled an international terrorist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

How does Escobar escape the authorities for so long? Do you believe it was worth the time, money and lives it took to capture him?

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