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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what industry is the USA most dependent on foreign imports?
(a) The meat and cattle industry.
(b) The textile industry.
(c) The ability to wage war.
(d) The paper industry.

2. How long, on average, do Haitians live?
(a) 73 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 50 years.

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

4. From where does imperialist capital capture foreign markets?
(a) They capture from within.
(b) They capture from the forest.
(c) They capture from the sea.
(d) They capture from outside.

5. How much has Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, grown in the last 30 years?
(a) 1,000%.
(b) 500%.
(c) 700%.
(d) 50%.

6. What does Galeano say is the first condition for changing reality?
(a) Obtaining foreign aid.
(b) Purchasing firepower.
(c) Reading an instruction manuel.
(d) Understanding it.

7. At what point in time did US interests begin taking over Latin America, replacing European interests?
(a) 1963.
(b) The War of the Triple Alliance.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) World War II.

8. Which US President announced a policy of human rights for Latin America?
(a) President Jimmy Carter.
(b) President Henry Ford.
(c) President William Taft.
(d) President George Washington.

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

10. Why must the USA purchase so many of its minerals abroad?
(a) The USA enjoys foreign trade.
(b) The USA lacks sufficient natural mineral deposits.
(c) The USA is controlled by Britain.
(d) The USA cannot afford to mine its own mineral deposits.

11. Since the novel was published, what Latin American country has nationalized its oil production?
(a) Chile.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Venezuela.
(d) Haiti.

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

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

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

15. What area of Latin America was specifically photographed by a US geological survey?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) Amazonia.
(d) The Andes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What street took the place of Lombard Street in Latin America?

2. What is silicosis?

3. In Argentina, what often happens to the politically outspoken?

4. Who was the nitrate King?

5. In 1968, what product did Uruguay agree to limit so the country could receive goods under the US agricultural surplus law?

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