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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 is the name of the fish in the Amazon that is one of the few creatures in the world that survives strictly on a diet of blood?
(a) Black caiman.
(b) Piranha.
(c) Arapaima.
(d) Candiru.

2. In Chapter 1, when did the London "Georgraphical Journal" write that Fawcett marked the end of an age?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1945.

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

4. In Chapter 10 as Fawcett searched for the Verde's source, by how many days of marching did the group run out of food?
(a) Day 9.
(b) Day 12.
(c) Day 11.
(d) Day 15.

5. At the end of Chapter 13, where was Lynch planning an expedition?
(a) Bolivia.
(b) Peru.
(c) Andes.
(d) Amazon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the fort where Fawcett served in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 6 as a pack animal, how much could an ass carry?

3. When Grann talked with one of Fawcett's grandchildren, what were the dates of the diaries that she let Grann read?

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

5. In Chapter 6, how long had it been since Fawcett left England for Ceylon?

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