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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. In Chapter 12, when did Murray reach La Paz?
(a) End of 1912.
(b) Summer of 1912.
(c) Middle of 1912.
(d) Beginning of 1912.

2. When did Theodore Roosevelt explore an Amazon tributary?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1912.

3. In 1900, how large of a party did Rondon take on an expedition?
(a) 78.
(b) 86.
(c) 74.
(d) 81.

4. In Chapter 12, where was Fawcett's family living in 1907?
(a) Exeter.
(b) Southampton.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Devon.

5. In Chapter 12, when did Nina visit Fawcett in South America?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1910.

Short Answer Questions

1. For 15 years after his homecoming in 1907, how many square miles of the Amazon did Fawcett discover?

2. Which of Sir Athur Conan Doyle's books was said to be based on Fawcett's experiences?

3. When did members of the nomadic Nukak-Maku tribe emerge from the Amazon in Colombia and announce that they were ready to join the modern world?

4. How long of a period of time did Fawcett study at the Royal Geographical Society?

5. In Chapter 10 as Fawcett searched for the Verde's source, by how many days of marching did the group run out of food?

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