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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 major company quickened the downfall of Brazilian tape factory Adesite?
(a) Mead Johnson Tape.
(b) TJ Max.
(c) Alcoa.
(d) Scotch Tape.

2. What book is Maria Carolina de Jesus famous for writing?
(a) Quarto de Despejo, or Child of the Dark.
(b) Quarto de Hambre, or Child of Hunger.
(c) La Libra de Sange, or The Book of Blood.
(d) She wrote no books.

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

4. What percentage of Latin American loans are provided by the USA?
(a) 50%.
(b) 100%.
(c) None.
(d) 30%.

5. What is the great natural resource of Lake Maracaibo?
(a) Tin.
(b) Oil.
(c) Bauxite.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of Latin America was predicted to be in foreign creditors' hands by 1980?

2. What is dynamic industry?

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

4. Which US President announced a policy of human rights for Latin America?

5. What monies has the banking industry diverted from Latin America?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, once prosperous, is Paraguay today an extremely poor and backward country?

2. According to the author, how do Latin American countries still identify themselves?

3. Why does Galeano believe torture exists in Latin American dictatorships?

4. What country holds most of Latin America's loans, and what percentage does this country hold?

5. Why did the Argentine financial center move to Buenos Aires?

6. Has the nationalization of oil been beneficial for Venezuela?

7. Describe the three "heartening" examples Galeano provides about the people's reception of his book.

8. How does Latin America compensate for the low prices of its exports?

9. Why did the USA begin to take over interests in Latin America?

10. Why was the nitrate industry in Latin America abruptly halted?

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