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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. What law did Juan Domingo Peron impose in Argentina in compliance with minimum wage?
(a) The Latafundios Abolition Act.
(b) The Statute of the Peon.
(c) The Agricultural Division Act.
(d) The Agrarian Revolution.

2. Who was Miguel Hidalgo?
(a) He was a Spanish writer who, at great risk to himself, published a treatise on the conqueror's crimes.
(b) He was a Mexican priest who led a rebellion, attempted to regain the Indian's ancient lands and incite social change.
(c) He was a Spanish merchant who shamelessly exploited the native people.
(d) He was an Aztec leader who united Indian groups and marched on Mexico City.

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

4. What is the top petroleum exporter in Latin America?
(a) Venezuela.
(b) Panama.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Haiti.

5. What was Colombia paid for the erection of the Panama Canal?
(a) 10 million dollars.
(b) 50 million dollars.
(c) 25 million dollars.
(d) 5 million dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Artigas's agrarian reform--"free land, free man," instituted?

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

3. What is the chief fuel of the modern world?

4. What country is the top petroleum exporter in the world (at the time the book was written)?

5. Why does the author feel that the USA was not plundered like Latin America?

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