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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. 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?
(a) 3/4 mile.
(b) 1/2 mile.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 1/3 mile.

2. In Chapter 11, when was Fawcett's "Case for an Expedition in the Amazon Basin" dated?
(a) February 3, 1924.
(b) January 9, 1924.
(c) April 13, 1924.
(d) March 11, 1924.

3. In Chapter 8, what was black gold?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Oil.
(c) Rubber.
(d) Coal.

4. In Chapter 6 as a pack animal, how much could an ass carry?
(a) 65 pounds.
(b) 300.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 120.

5. What was Fawcett's rank at the beginning of Chapter 17 when he was in the Royal Field Artillery?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Major.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) General.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, where was Fawcett's family living in 1907?

2. In Chapter 13 when Lynch was in captivity, when he and his son awoke, how many armed men emerged from the forest?

3. In Chapter 9, where did Grann find one of Fawcett's grandchildren?

4. In Chapter 14, what did Fawcett observe the Guarayo Indians using to catch fish?

5. In 1896, what was the speed limit for automobiles raised to in London?

(see the answer key)

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