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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four - Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Fawcett's daughter Joan born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1909.

2. How old was Fawcett when he volunteered to serve in World War I?
(a) 46.
(b) 45.
(c) 47.
(d) 44.

3. How old was Edward Ayearst Reeves in Chapter 6?
(a) Early 30s.
(b) 41.
(c) Late 30s.
(d) 39.

4. When did the Cinta Larga tribe kill 29 diamond miners who trespassed onto a reservation in western Brazil?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2004.

5. When did the Royal Geographical Society award him with a gold medal for his contributions to mapping South America?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1899.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, when did Francis Younghusband serve as president of the Royal Geographical Society?

2. When did Venetian cartographer Fra Mauro create one of the most exhaustive maps of the world?

3. When did Francisco de Orellan and his army of Spanish conquistadores go down the Amazon River?

4. How many documents are housed in Brazil's National Library?

5. How old was Jack Fawcett when his father returned from the war?

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