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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. In Chapter 7, when was a Chinook shot down?

2. What poet did a professor at the University of Antioquia in Medellin suggest that Lisette read?

3. Where does Abel meet Luisa in Chapter 2?

4. In what group of vehicles does Jefferson come to Abel's shop?

5. When was Juan taught a form of intelligence gathering at the Gernal Santander Police Academy that he wants to bring to his region in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Luisa help Abel rebuild his life?

2. How does Mason feel when his father teaches Inez how to fell a tree?

3. What did El Aleman buy for his girlfriend's birthday?

4. What deal do Javier's men make with Alma?

5. What is Abel's life like when Jefferson returns?

6. What happens when the peace vote arrives, and what difference will it make?

7. What does Abel leave at Chepe's bar where his family and neighbors were killed?

8. What is the difference between where army resources are deployed and how Juan Pedro would like to see resources deployed in Chapter 5?

9. In Chapter 6, what does Agudelo remember about the attack he suffered when he worked with the Sofia Perez Lawyers' Collective?

10. In Chapter 5, what did Mason need to become?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Juan Pedro wonders how Valencia will view his actions and the actions of his father someday. Why does Juan Pedro wonder how Valencia will view his actions and the actions of his father someday? What do their actions reveal about moral ambiguity?

Essay Topic 2

Jefferson is killed in a raid. Why is it decided to kill Jefferson? How does he die? How does the raid satisfy Jefferson’s desire for a glorious death?

Essay Topic 3

Abel tells his story in the third person in Chapters 1-3. Why does Abel tell his story from the third person point of view? How is the point of view that he uses symbolic of how he sees himself at that time of his life?

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