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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what did Lynch say was the value of the ransom he had to pay to save himself and his party?
(a) $30,000.
(b) $35,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) $20,000.

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

3. 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) 1914.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1911.

4. When did the Cinta Larga tribe kill 29 diamond miners who trespassed onto a reservation in western Brazil?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2006.

5. In Chapter 11, when was Fawcett's "Case for an Expedition in the Amazon Basin" dated?
(a) March 11, 1924.
(b) February 3, 1924.
(c) April 13, 1924.
(d) January 9, 1924.

6. In Chapter 16, where did the author fly to find another Fawcett document?
(a) London.
(b) Rio de Janeiro.
(c) Paris.
(d) Brasilia.

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

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

9. In Chapter 17, when did Nina write to the Royal Geographical Society saying that Fawcett had been gassed?
(a) February 1917.
(b) April 1917.
(c) January 1917.
(d) March 1917.

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

11. In 1907 how long was Fawcett home before he wanted to travel again?
(a) 3 months.
(b) A few months.
(c) About 2 months.
(d) 18 weeks.

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

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

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) October 1914.
(d) August 1914.

15. How tall was the Australian boxer, Lewis Brown, who accompanied Fawcett on an expedition in Chapter 17?
(a) 6 feet 5 inches.
(b) 5 feet 11 inches.
(c) 5 feet 8 inches.
(d) 6 feet 3 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Fawcett's daughter Joan born?

2. In Chapter 17, when did Fawcett and his men take up positions along a river in Northern France?

3. In 1916 when Dr. Rice was planning to return to the Amazon, how much fuel could the 40-foot vessel he was building carry?

4. When Fawcett left in 1925, how many people did he say were aware of their objective?

5. In Chapter 12, when did Murray join a Canadian scientific expedition to the Arctic?

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