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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. 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) Arapaima.
(c) Candiru.
(d) Piranha.

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

3. How many men died during Carvajal's expedition to find El Dorado?
(a) 200.
(b) 45.
(c) 520.
(d) 4,000.

4. When did Francisco de Orellan and his army of Spanish conquistadores go down the Amazon River?
(a) 1609.
(b) 1542.
(c) 1511.
(d) 1602.

5. When did Reeves begin working at the Royal Geographical Society?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1875.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1901, where was Fawcett sent by the British government as a spy?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 1, how many years had Fawcett's adventures captivated the imaginations?

4. When was Fawcett born?

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

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