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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 does the American say to himself after he hears forty-four explosions?

3. What does the author say stalks Colombia like a biblical plague?

4. What does the American say Bogota reminds him of?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author describe as Escobar's adolescent appetites?

2. Why does Busby want the American military to stay in Colombian?

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

4. What does the author think killing Pablo was primarily about?

5. What rumors cast doubt on the Search Bloc?

6. How did Escobar gain respect in the drug world?

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

8. In what does Pablo express an obsession for education?

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

10. Why did Escobar kill Franklin?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

How does Escobar rise to power? How does Escobar keep his power once he is there?

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