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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. To what does the author compare Latin America's capacity for surprise?
(a) Guerilla warfare.
(b) Pandora's box.
(c) Fool's gold.
(d) A jack-in-the-box.

2. Who was Juan Vicente Gomez?
(a) The ambassador of Ecuador to Britain.
(b) The king of Venezuelan oil.
(c) The Bolivian revolutionary.
(d) The President of Brazilian.

3. About how much of the price yielded by coffee going from Colombia to the US goes into the wages of the coffee workers?
(a) 5%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 0.5%

4. What labor force did the author eyewitness?
(a) The oil refineries of Uruguay.
(b) The tin mines of Bolivia.
(c) The rubber plantations of Brazil.
(d) The silver mines of Potosi.

5. What country basically owns the Central American banana industry?
(a) Spain.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Portugal.
(d) The USA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though the Indians of Latin American had a population of 70 million before foreign invasion, how many remained after 150 years?

2. How did John Thomas North "support" the War of the Pacific?

3. What did the export of guano help stave off in Europe?

4. What item(s), smuggled out of Brazil, costs the country about $100 million a year?

5. Concerning petroleum, where is the most money to be made?

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