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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 was the name of the war that began in 1899?

2. What is the name of the newspaper that print stories from Pablo's drug trafficking past?

3. Where is the car bomb discovered that is meant for the Colonel and his family?

4. What is the name of the American drug czar appointed in 1989?

5. How did Pablo's enemies try to kill him in January 1988?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Pablo think the world has a hypocritical stance on drug trafficking?

3. What is Centra Spike?

4. In what way is the Colombian scene in shambles in chapter four?

5. How does Mendoza's life change?

6. How do the PNC eventually kill Pablo?

7. Why does the author claim Jacoby makes such a good spy?

8. What influenced Pablo's decision to become a criminal?

9. How does Escobar like to settle disputes?

10. What was La Violencia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Escobar's upbringing contribute to his decision to become a criminal? In what way does the author suggest it was impossible at that time to be big and honest?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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