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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What replaced nitrates as the pillar of Chile's economy?
(a) Textiles.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Hides.
(d) Copper.

2. How many votes, compared to the USA, do Latin American countries have in IMF?
(a) More than two-thirds.
(b) 13.
(c) More than half.
(d) Less than half.

3. How long did it take to squander the nitrate deposits in Peru?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Hundreds of years.
(c) Just a few years.
(d) Exactly 10.5 years.

4. What does Galeano say are his most favorable review of the books?
(a) The New York Time review.
(b) The dictatorships who have banned the book.
(c) The Uruguayan Post.
(d) The London Gazette.

5. What percentage of their wages did Haitians lose between 1971 and 1975?
(a) 25%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 1.5%.
(d) 15%.

6. What metaphor does the author use to describe industry in Latin America?
(a) As mayo is to a sandwich.
(b) As a penny is to a dollar.
(c) As a wheel is to a vehicle.
(d) As an airplane to an airport.

7. Where does Bolivian tin have to go to be smelted?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) New York.

8. What street took the place of Lombard Street in Latin America?
(a) Easy Street.
(b) Ponce de Leon Street.
(c) Maple Street.
(d) Wall Street.

9. How many votes does the USA have in the World Bank?
(a) One-half.
(b) One-sixteenth.
(c) One-fourth.
(d) One-one hundredth.

10. What item(s), smuggled out of Brazil, costs the country about $100 million a year?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Water.
(d) Gold.

11. The bourgeois' attempt at creating national industry has had a short and low flight, like a __________.
(a) Elephant.
(b) Hen.
(c) Bat.
(d) Eagle.

12. Who does the author think behaves as a world policeman?
(a) Britain.
(b) The USA.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Spain.

13. Why does Galeano claim to have written this book?
(a) He thought it would be fun.
(b) He wants to throw it at the USA.
(c) He wants to have a talk with people.
(d) He wants to make it mandatory for every dictator to read.

14. What percentage of Latin American loans are provided by the USA?
(a) 100%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 50%.
(d) None.

15. In 1968, what product did Uruguay agree to limit so the country could receive goods under the US agricultural surplus law?
(a) Ponchos.
(b) Silver.
(c) Rice.
(d) Scotch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of Mexico did the USA conquer with Texas?

2. Who is General Hugo Banzer?

3. What is dynamic industry?

4. What does the author name as a chief concern within Latin American countries?

5. In Brazil, what was Law 56,570, passed on July 6, 1965?

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