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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Germany sign a peace treaty in surrender?
(a) June 11, 1919.
(b) June 18, 1919.
(c) June 4, 1919.
(d) June 28, 1919.

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

4. When did Fawcett move his family to Jamaica?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1919.

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

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

7. In Chapter 11, how far south were the new coordinates that Grann found for Fawcett's destination after Dead Horse Camp?
(a) More than 100 miles.
(b) 60 miles.
(c) About 80 miles.
(d) 140 miles.

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

9. How many documents are housed in Brazil's National Library?
(a) 7.5 million.
(b) More than 9 million.
(c) About 8 million.
(d) 9.5 million.

10. In Chapter 12, during the 1911 expedition, how many pounds were the packs the men carried?
(a) 40.
(b) 55.
(c) 70.
(d) 60.

11. In Chapter 17, where did Fawcett and Lyne dig trenches along with their men?
(a) Holland.
(b) France.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Switzerland.

12. 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) 1914.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1912.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Jack Fawcett in 1907?

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

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

4. In Chapter 12, what was the only thing Fawcett could think about on the boat ride back to England at the end of 1907?

5. When was Fawcett's daughter Joan born?

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