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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a tojo?
(a) A kind of shipping arrangement between importers and exporters.
(b) A particular type of cattle.
(c) A loose rock overhead in a mine.
(d) A Paraguayan peasant.

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

3. To what does Galeano compare General Pinochet?
(a) To Monet's "Water Lilies."
(b) To Kissinger's "Hunger Wages".
(c) To Goya's "black art".
(d) To Picasso's "Guernica".

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

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

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

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

8. What is guano?
(a) A specific type of poncho.
(b) A traditional delicacy.
(c) Brazilian currency.
(d) Bird excrement.

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

10. What does the author name as a chief concern within Latin American countries?
(a) Language.
(b) Communication.
(c) Pride.
(d) Color-coordination.

11. In Brazil, what was Law 56,571, pass on July 6, 1965?
(a) This law annulled law 56,570.
(b) This law put a tax on land.
(c) This law gave all citizens social security.
(d) This law reserved the petrochemical industry for the state.

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

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

14. From where does Galeano think that modern-day slavers operate?
(a) Ivory towers.
(b) Slaves ships.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Ministries of labor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the copper in Chile located?

2. How much has Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, grown in the last 30 years?

3. Who is General Hugo Banzer?

4. For what industry is the USA most dependent on foreign imports?

5. What is the chief fuel of the modern world?

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