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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Uruguay, how many workers died in the railway gelignite explosion of 1977?
(a) 7.
(b) None.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

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

3. What was Order 289 of 1965 in Brazil?
(a) It was an order demanding the ban of the text.
(b) It was an order demanding foreigners pay up to 50% in interest.
(c) It was an order to strike on Panama, in protest of the canal.
(d) It was an order which allowed foreign concerns to get loans at 7 or 8% interest.

4. To whom does the author compare Maria Carolina de Jesus?
(a) Hawthorne.
(b) Cinderella.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Castro.

5. How many votes does Latin America have in the World Bank?
(a) One-tenth.
(b) None.
(c) One-sixteen.
(d) One-fourth.

6. How much of Latin America was predicted to be in foreign creditors' hands by 1980?
(a) 100%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 80%.

7. In 1975, how many times greater was Latin America's external debt than in 1968?
(a) Three times greater.
(b) Ten times greater.
(c) Two times greater.
(d) Twenty times greater.

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

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

10. In the 1800s, what country was the chief importer into Latin America?
(a) Britain.
(b) Spain.
(c) Portugal.
(d) The USA.

11. What does Alcoa stand for?
(a) The Aluminum Company of America.
(b) The Arbitrary Concerns of America.
(c) The Argentine Life Coalition of America.
(d) The Andean Living Confederates of America.

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

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

14. What, according to Galeano, is Latin America's real export?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Cheap labor.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Tn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country has recently admitted to fault in many military situations in Latin America?

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

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

4. What is a tojo?

5. To what does Galeano compare General Pinochet?

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