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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 national hero do the Colombians compare Galan to?

2. What marks Gaitan out as an outsider?

3. Who listed Escobar as the seventh richest man in 1989?

4. In what state had Lara arranged with the US embassy to live in with her family?

5. What was Martinez's position in the small town of Perreda?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Pablo raising money for his war against the state?

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

3. What does Colonel Martinez think about Escobar?

4. How does Pablo manage to stay out of prison?

5. What toll does the manhunt of Escobar take on Martinez's life?

6. What is Centra Spike?

7. What does Toft do before he leaves Colombia?

8. What was the US Executive Order 12333?

9. Describe Pablo's time as a car thief.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What contributed to Escobar's downfall? How could he have continued without creating such problems with the American and Colombian governments?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does Escobar manipulate the different groups in Colombian society to maintain his power? How does Escobar deal with people that stand in his way? How does the way he deals with people contribute to his downfall?

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