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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two - Chapters 6-10.

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

2. In Chapter 1, how many years had Fawcett's adventures captivated the imaginations?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 17 years.
(c) Nearly 2 decades.
(d) About 18 years.

3. In Chapter 8, what was the first frontier town that Fawcett and Chivers came to?
(a) Raquio.
(b) Tumupasa.
(c) Tahua.
(d) Rurenabaque.

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?
(a) About 28,000.
(b) 32,000.
(c) Some 30,000.
(d) 24,000.

5. How long of a period of time did Fawcett study at the Royal Geographical Society?
(a) 18 months.
(b) More than a year.
(c) 36 months.
(d) About 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the company that owned the SS Vauban?

2. In Chapter 2, when did a group of Brazilian scientists and adventurers search for signs of Colonel Percy Fawcett?

3. When Fawcett and Chivers left Riberalta September 25, 1906, how many desperadoes and native guides accompanied them?

4. In 1864 when there were boundary disputes between Paraguay and its neighbors, how much of the Paraguayan population was killed?

5. What percent of the waters from South American drain into the Amazon?

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