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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did John Thomas North "support" the War of the Pacific?
(a) He purchased war bonds.
(b) He gave lectures abroad.
(c) He supplied the army with home-cooked meals.
(d) He provided the generals with intelligence.

2. At what point in time did US interests begin taking over Latin America, replacing European interests?
(a) The War of the Triple Alliance.
(b) World War II.
(c) 1963.
(d) The Civil War.

3. In Mexico, how many rural children out of every five has normal weight and height?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. Who is General Hugo Banzer?
(a) The dictator of Peru in 1977.
(b) The dictator of Bolivia in 1977.
(c) The dictator of Mexico in 1977.
(d) The dictator of Haiti in 1977.

5. Why must the USA purchase so many of its minerals abroad?
(a) The USA cannot afford to mine its own mineral deposits.
(b) The USA is controlled by Britain.
(c) The USA enjoys foreign trade.
(d) The USA lacks sufficient natural mineral deposits.

6. What, according to Galeano, is Latin America's real export?
(a) Cheap labor.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Tn.

7. Who was the nitrate King?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Bruce Palmer.
(c) Jose Manuel Balmaceda.
(d) John Thomas North.

8. Where is the copper in Chile located?
(a) In the forest floors.
(b) At the very tops of the mountains.
(c) Along the Andean slopes.
(d) Under the seabed.

9. Whom does Galeano claim has written the official histories?
(a) The conquerors.
(b) Harvard graduates.
(c) No one.
(d) The peasants.

10. What is the chief fuel of the modern world?
(a) Nuclear power.
(b) Hydroelectric dams.
(c) Petroleum.
(d) Solar energy.

11. What was the significance of the land the USA purchased from Brazil?
(a) It is the location of a new US state.
(b) It makes Brazil part of the USA.
(c) It is in the shape of Texas.
(d) It cuts the Amazon off from the rest of the country.

12. Who does the author think behaves as a world policeman?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Spain.
(c) The USA.
(d) Britain.

13. What area of Latin America was specifically photographed by a US geological survey?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Amazonia.
(c) Bolivia.
(d) The Andes.

14. What is silicosis?
(a) A disease of the lungs caused by working in tin mines.
(b) An economic policy that promotes nationalization.
(c) A phrase the gauchos use when discussing cattle.
(d) A process by which nitrates are pulled out of the air.

15. Since the novel was published, what Latin American country has nationalized its oil production?
(a) Venezuela.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Chile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the January 1978 referendum, where did one place a cross if one voted "no" for Pinochet?

2. How, in the 1800s, did Britain pay for most of its Latin American goods?

3. Which countries were involved in the War of the Pacific, 1879?

4. What does Galeano hope will ultimately be the result of all Latin America's destruction?

5. To whom does the author compare Maria Carolina de Jesus?

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