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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was James Murray when he and Fawcett teamed up for an expedition in 1911?
(a) 51.
(b) 48.
(c) 46.
(d) 42.

2. When did Fawcett write to the Society and say that he would not subject his wife to the perpetual anxiety of his risky journeys?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1915.

3. How old was Jack Fawcett when his father returned from the war?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

4. What was the population of the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo in Chapter 13?
(a) 1.5 million.
(b) 3 million.
(c) 18 million.
(d) 500,000.

5. In Chapter 17 when in 1916 did Fawcett receive a gold medal from the Royal Geographical Society?
(a) May 22.
(b) April 3.
(c) July 18.
(d) June 11.

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

7. In Chapter 14, what did Fawcett order the men to do when they were fired upon by arrows?
(a) Run.
(b) Play the harmonica and sing.
(c) Hide.
(d) Play the accordion and sing.

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

9. In Chapter 12, what percent of young men did an English general claim were unfit to meet the requirements of military service?
(a) 45.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 70.

10. In Chapter 17 when Raleigh Rimell damaged a letter box, what did he have to pay to replace it?
(a) 20 shillings.
(b) 12 shillings.
(c) 5 shillings.
(d) 10 shillings.

11. In Chapter 17, what tribe of Indians did Dr. Rice's party encounter?
(a) Yanomami.
(b) Potiguara.
(c) Tupinamba.
(d) Charrua.

12. Who did Raleigh fall in love with on the voyage from New York in Chapter 20?
(a) Daughter of a British Earl.
(b) An American girl from New York.
(c) An American girl from California.
(d) Daughter of a British duke.

13. When did Hernan Cortes find the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan?
(a) 1502.
(b) 1540.
(c) 1519.
(d) 1570.

14. In Chapter 17, when was Fawcett ready to look for the City of Z, but was stopped by World War I?
(a) September 1914.
(b) November 1914.
(c) August 1914.
(d) October 1914.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, where did the author fly to find another Fawcett document?

2. How old was Fawcett when he volunteered to serve in World War I?

3. When did Fawcett move his family to Jamaica?

4. In Chapter 13, where did Grann land when he arrived in Brazil?

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

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