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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What monies has the banking industry diverted from Latin America?
(a) Its loan interest.
(b) Its checking accounts.
(c) Its hedge funds.
(d) Its savings.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How much of Mexico did the USA conquer with Texas?
(a) None.
(b) Half.
(c) All.
(d) One-third.

10. What is dynamic industry?
(a) The manufacture of colored dyes.
(b) The production of foreign goods.
(c) The process of making dynamite.
(d) The production of intermediate and capital goods.

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

12. What important mine did Bolivia lose in the war?
(a) Quetzalcoatl, a tin mine.
(b) Chuquicamata, a copper mine.
(c) Las Ramblas, a silver mine.
(d) Buenos Aires, a guano mine.

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

14. What book is Maria Carolina de Jesus famous for writing?
(a) Quarto de Hambre, or Child of Hunger.
(b) Quarto de Despejo, or Child of the Dark.
(c) La Libra de Sange, or The Book of Blood.
(d) She wrote no books.

15. In Argentina, what often happens to the politically outspoken?
(a) They are given professorships.
(b) They are publicly condemned.
(c) They disappear.
(d) They broadcast on television.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the great natural resource of Lake Maracaibo?

3. What does Galeano say is the first condition for changing reality?

4. What does IMF stand for?

5. Where is the copper in Chile located?

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