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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 13, where did Grann land when he arrived in Brazil?
(a) Campinas.
(b) Sao Paulo.
(c) Brasilia.
(d) Curitiba.

4. In Chapter 13 when Lynch was in captivity, when he and his son awoke, how many armed men emerged from the forest?
(a) Over 100.
(b) About 150.
(c) 110.
(d) 80.

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

6. During the Battle of the Somme, how many British soldiers were wounded?
(a) 32,000.
(b) 37,000.
(c) Almost 40,000.
(d) Around 50,000.

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

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

9. At the end of Chapter 13, where was Lynch planning an expedition?
(a) Andes.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) Amazon.
(d) Peru.

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

11. 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.

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

13. In Chapter 12, how much was Fawcett's annual salary from the boundary commission?
(a) 800 pounds.
(b) About 600 pounds.
(c) 925 pounds.
(d) Around 700 pounds.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 16, what type of ceiling was in the manuscript division in Brazil's National Library?

5. In Chapter 16, what was the date of the manuscript that Grann was allowed to view at Brazil's National Library?

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