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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Flaco mean in Spanish?
(a) Lover.
(b) Hotty.
(c) Skinny.
(d) Addict.

2. What is the name of the US. ambassador of Colombia in 1987?
(a) Peter Yearly.
(b) John Escobar.
(c) Charles Gillespie.
(d) David James.

3. What does Nadaistas mean in English?
(a) The Gravediggers.
(b) The Big Hearts.
(c) Nothingists.
(d) The Loveists.

4. Why does Vargas think the bribe is a good thing?
(a) It means Pablo has money.
(b) It means they have evidence against Pablo.
(c) It means they are getting to Pablo.
(d) It means they have options if it goes wrong.

5. What did people begin referring to Pablo as after he killed the Conservative landowner?
(a) El Dentist.
(b) Mr. Death.
(c) El Doctor.
(d) The Debt Collector.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pablo order his men to kill Franklin?

2. What was the name of the war that began in 1899?

3. What is the name of the basketball star who died after snorting cocaine?

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

5. Who does Pablo claim is using Lara?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the locals react to Pablo's death?

3. How does Lara devastate the Colombian drug trade?

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

5. What problems does Escobar face to his business in 1979?

6. Why does Sheehan want to pull American military out of Colombia?

7. How does Pablo get a bomb aboard the commercial airline?

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

9. Why was Gaviria not on board the plane that Escobar blows up?

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

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