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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Latin America make up for what it loses in price?
(a) Dictatorships.
(b) Export.
(c) Quantity.
(d) Land wars.

3. How much of US investment in Latin America is in Mexico?
(a) One-eigth.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-third.
(d) Half.

4. What does Galeano hope will ultimately be the result of all Latin America's destruction?
(a) Health care reform.
(b) Creation.
(c) Annexation.
(d) Money.

5. What does IMF stand for?
(a) Istabul's Major Front.
(b) Intercontinental Movement Focus.
(c) Interposing Malaga's Forests.
(d) International Monetary Fund.

6. In Mexico, how many rural children out of every five has normal weight and height?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

7. Instead of hospitals and schools, what did the oil boom of Ecuador bring to the country?
(a) Air conditioning.
(b) Audis.
(c) Color televisions.
(d) Highly bred dogs.

8. For what is guano used?
(a) As coolant.
(b) As medicine.
(c) As decoration.
(d) As fertilizer.

9. In 1962, how did the US secure the Haitian delegate's vote at the OAS conference?
(a) By asking nicely.
(b) By boycotting Haitian products.
(c) By taking him out to dinner.
(d) By promising Haiti an airport.

10. What invention was a major factor in Britain's industrial revolution?
(a) The steam engine.
(b) The airplane.
(c) The space shuttle.
(d) The wheel.

11. According to the "Capitalist Manifesto", what natural code governs human life?
(a) The law of sides.
(b) The law of gravity.
(c) The Pythagorean Theorem.
(d) The law of the jungle.

12. Why does Galeano claim torture exists in dictatorships of Latin America?
(a) It is traditional.
(b) Is it a prized skill.
(c) It is effective.
(d) It is a sport.

13. In Brazil, what was Law 56,570, passed on July 6, 1965?
(a) This law freed Brazil from all foreign debt.
(b) This law made gauchos legal servants of the state.
(c) This law made divorce unlawful.
(d) This law reserved the petrochemical industry for the state.

14. Whom does Galeano claim has written the official histories?
(a) The peasants.
(b) No one.
(c) Harvard graduates.
(d) The conquerors.

15. What kind of development is currently characteristic in Latin America?
(a) Reflected development.
(b) Literary development.
(c) Artistic development.
(d) Mandatory development.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long, on average, do Haitians live?

2. Where is the copper in Chile located?

3. How many votes does Latin America have in the World Bank?

4. Where does Bolivian tin have to go to be smelted?

5. In 1975, how many times greater was Latin America's external debt than in 1968?

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