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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three - Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What birthday did Lynch celebrate when he went on his expedition to find what happened to Fawcett?
(a) 45.
(b) 36.
(c) 42.
(d) 39.

2. What percent of the waters from South American drain into the Amazon?
(a) Nearly 40%.
(b) 55%.
(c) About 30%.
(d) 25%.

3. When did B. F. Goodrich manufacture the first automobile tires in the United States?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1896.

4. When Fawcett and Chivers left Riberalta September 25, 1906, how many desperadoes and native guides accompanied them?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

5. In Chapter 2, how many Indian tribes did the Brazilian government estimate at the time of the writing of the book had never been contacted by outsiders?
(a) 39.
(b) 20.
(c) More than 60.
(d) About 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1888, how many fox terriers did Fawcett have in his room?

2. In Chapter 10, although Fawcett and his men cut, chopped, pulled, and pushed through the jungle from morning until evening, how much did they advance daily?

3. In Chapter 11, how far south were the new coordinates that Grann found for Fawcett's destination after Dead Horse Camp?

4. In Chapter 8, when Sir Roger Casement investigated mistreatment of Indians in the Amazon, how many Indian did he estimate had died at the hands of one rubber company alone?

5. In Chapter 12, during the 1911 expedition, how many pounds were the packs the men carried?

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