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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the significance of the land the USA purchased from Brazil?
(a) It is in the shape of Texas.
(b) It is the location of a new US state.
(c) It cuts the Amazon off from the rest of the country.
(d) It makes Brazil part of the USA.

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

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

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

5. In the January 1978 referendum, where did one place a cross if one voted "no" for Pinochet?
(a) Under a black rectangle.
(b) On a picture of his face.
(c) Above a red hand.
(d) In the regular "no" voting box.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important mine did Bolivia lose in the war?

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

3. From where does Galeano think that modern-day slavers operate?

4. For what sporting good is Haiti the chief producer?

5. Mexican cattle consume more _________ than the campesinos who tend to them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was General Velasco Alvarado and what did he do?

2. After Latin America was liberated from Spain, what country inherited its reins?

3. What is Latin America's chief export?

4. Why, once prosperous, is Paraguay today an extremely poor and backward country?

5. Has the nationalization of oil been beneficial for Venezuela?

6. Why does Galeano believe torture exists in Latin American dictatorships?

7. What is Brazil's relationship to Paraguay?

8. How have foreign loans kept Latin America indebted to foreigners?

9. How does the international market separate buyers?

10. How, in Argentina, are political and economic revolutionaries dealt with?

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