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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Escobar claim he worked as an adolescence?
(a) A cotton field.
(b) A bicycle rent shop.
(c) A petrol station.
(d) A Mercedes factory plant.

2. What President Gaviria order General Pardo to do?
(a) Blow up the prison.
(b) Kill Pablo.
(c) Raid the prison.
(d) Fire upon the prison.

3. What is the name of the man who assassinates Gaitan?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Diego.
(c) Roa.
(d) Xavi.

4. What was the name of the war that began in 1899?
(a) The War of Independence.
(b) The War of a Million Deaths.
(c) The Hundred Year War.
(d) The War of a Thousand Days.

5. What the Medellin Civica call Pablo's victory?
(a) The Triumph of the People.
(b) The People's Voice.
(c) The Happy Masses.
(d) The Victory of the Masses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Pablo's favorite singer?

2. What is Gaitan's slogan?

3. What does the Colonel fear the planes will hit when they fly low over the army base?

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

5. How does Pablo prove he is a threat to American citizens?

(see the answer key)

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