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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 2, how long did James Lynch once go without sleep when he was hiking?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 72 hours.
(d) 48 hours.

2. In 1864 when there were boundary disputes between Paraguay and its neighbors, how much of the Paraguayan population was killed?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) About half.
(c) At least a third.
(d) A quarter.

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

4. At the end of Chapter 17, when did Fawcett set out on his own, alone?
(a) April 1921.
(b) May 1921.
(c) July 1921.
(d) August 1921.

5. 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) 1/2 mile.
(c) 3/4 mile.
(d) 1/3 mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, where did Fawcett and Lyne dig trenches along with their men?

2. In Chapter 17, when was Fawcett ready to look for the City of Z, but was stopped by World War I?

3. In Chapter 17, how many lives of Royal Geographical Society members did Grann say were killed by the war?

4. In Chapter 17 when Raleigh Rimell damaged a letter box, what did he have to pay to replace it?

5. How many years of anti-snakebite venom was Fawcett given in Chapter 20?

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