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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Seven Years After.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what purpose, according to Bernal Diaz del Castillo, did the Spanish come to Mexico?
(a) To serve God and His Majesty and also to get riches.
(b) To learn of the native peoples of the strange new land.
(c) To bring the natives European literature and guns.
(d) To build houses and start a new civilization.

2. Who was Guatemalan tyrant Jorge Ubico's idol?
(a) Henry V.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) King Ferdinand of Spain.
(d) Himmler.

3. Mexican cattle consume more _________ than the campesinos who tend to them?
(a) Land.
(b) Grass.
(c) Air.
(d) Protein.

4. Why does Galeano claim to have written this book?
(a) He wants to make it mandatory for every dictator to read.
(b) He wants to throw it at the USA.
(c) He thought it would be fun.
(d) He wants to have a talk with people.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the war between Bolivia and Paraguay, who eventually claimed the land Paraguay won in the conflict?

3. In Brazil, what was Law 56,570, passed on July 6, 1965?

4. Out of the 70,000 Guatemalans that die each year, how many are children?

5. What is a tojo?

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