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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did the radio device hat Dr. Rice took on an expedition in Chapter 17 cost?
(a) $7,100.
(b) About $5,000.
(c) Around $6,000.
(d) $4,500.

2. In Chapter 16, what was the date of the manuscript that Grann was allowed to view at Brazil's National Library?
(a) 1731.
(b) 1753.
(c) 1689.
(d) 1694.

3. In Chapter 12, when did Murray join a Canadian scientific expedition to the Arctic?
(a) June 1913.
(b) July 1913.
(c) May 1913.
(d) April 1913.

4. In Chapter 14, when was the only time that Fawcett shot at Indians?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1916.

5. In Chapter 14, where was Fawcett, Costin, and others exploring when they were attached by arrows?
(a) Camargo River.
(b) Beni River.
(c) Heath River.
(d) Mapiri River.

6. When Fawcett left in 1925, how many people did he say were aware of their objective?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 40 million.
(c) 600,000.
(d) 35 million.

7. In Chapter 20, when did Fawcett, Jack and Raleigh leave Rio de Janeiro?
(a) February 23, 1925.
(b) February 18, 1925.
(c) February 2, 1925.
(d) February 11, 1925.

8. In Chapter 12, how long did pack animals typically survive in the Amazon on an expedition?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) No more than a month.
(c) About 2 months.
(d) 3 months.

9. In Chapter 16, what type of ceiling was in the manuscript division in Brazil's National Library?
(a) Plaster.
(b) Tin.
(c) Stained-glass.
(d) Wood.

10. In Chapter 14, who did Fawcett fear as a rival?
(a) Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon.
(b) Henry Savage Landor.
(c) Alexander Hamilton Rice.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

11. In 1916 when Dr. Rice was planning to return to the Amazon, how much fuel could the 40-foot vessel he was building carry?
(a) 500 gallons.
(b) 350 gallons.
(c) 850 gallons.
(d) 700 gallons.

12. In Chapter 13, how long did Lynch say that he and his party were held hostage?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 2 days.

13. When did Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo write about El Dorado?
(a) 17th century.
(b) 15th century.
(c) 16th century.
(d) 14th century.

14. In Chapter 12, what was the only thing Fawcett could think about on the boat ride back to England at the end of 1907?
(a) His wife.
(b) His children.
(c) Good food.
(d) Home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Cinta Larga tribe kill 29 diamond miners who trespassed onto a reservation in western Brazil?

2. In Chapter 18, how many horsepower did Dr. Rice's hydroplane have?

3. How many documents are housed in Brazil's National Library?

4. What was Fawcett's rank at the beginning of Chapter 17 when he was in the Royal Field Artillery?

5. In Chapter 13 when Lynch was in captivity, when he and his son awoke, how many armed men emerged from the forest?

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