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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 Latin American countries were involved in the War of the Pacific?
(a) Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama.
(b) Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil.
(c) Bolivia, Peru, and Chile.
(d) Venezuela, Argentina, and Ecuador.

2. What is the chief fuel of the modern world?
(a) Nuclear power.
(b) Solar energy.
(c) Petroleum.
(d) Hydroelectric dams.

3. What Spanish conquistador defeated the great Tenochtitlan?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Marco Polo.
(c) Pizarro.
(d) Cortes.

4. In the 1890s, Chile's dependence on Great Britain was comparable to what other colonized country?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Australia.
(c) China.
(d) India.

5. After gold, what was the next most important product Latin America could produce?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Corn.
(c) Glass.
(d) Wheat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author think behaves as a world policeman?

2. What is silicosis?

3. Who was William Walker?

4. Where is the copper in Chile located?

5. Who was the English monarch at the time of this incident?

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