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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tales of Premature Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?
(a) He was a Brazilian revolutionary famous for standing up to the government.
(b) He was a Salvadoran coffee plantation owner.
(c) He was a Mexican peasant who became President of Mexico.
(d) He was a Nicaraguan guerilla who fought for the peasant's land rights.

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

3. Out of the 70,000 Guatemalans that die each year, how many are children?
(a) 45,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 5,000.

4. What famous saying was associated with Guanajuato?
(a) "Father a merchant, son a gentleman, grandson a beggar."
(b) "A city of wisdom."
(c) "Gold and silver to be had, for a price."
(d) "A stitch in time saves nine."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was guano used for in Europe?

2. What company owns Brazilian iron?

3. What was Colombia paid for the erection of the Panama Canal?

4. Why must the USA purchase so many of its minerals abroad?

5. In the 1890s, Chile's dependence on Great Britain was comparable to what other colonized country?

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