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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. How did John Thomas North "support" the War of the Pacific?
(a) He purchased war bonds.
(b) He gave lectures abroad.
(c) He supplied the army with home-cooked meals.
(d) He provided the generals with intelligence.

2. What Brazilian mineral deposit is essential to the steel industry?
(a) Silver.
(b) Guano.
(c) Manganese.
(d) Oil.

3. What is the great natural resource of Lake Maracaibo?
(a) Tin.
(b) Silver.
(c) Oil.
(d) Bauxite.

4. What resource was at the center of the city of Potosi's prosperity?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Salt.

5. What did Mariano Melgarejo force a British ambassador to drink as punishment for sneering at the local chichas?
(a) Water from the Amazon.
(b) A barrel of chocolate.
(c) A bottle of bad wine.
(d) A tub of stale beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the copper in Chile located?

2. In Haiti, what does the rainbow symbolize?

3. What was the Chaco War of 1932-1935?

4. In which country did Emilian Zapata introduce radical agrarian reform?

5. What did John Thomas North and his partner Robert Harvey purchase for the war effort?

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