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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 18, where did Nina move the family after leaving Jamaica?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Bristol.
(d) London.

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

3. When was Fawcett awarded he Distinguished Service Order medal?
(a) January 4, 1917.
(b) February 11, 1917.
(c) March 23, 1917.
(d) April 18, 1917.

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

5. In Chapter 11, between what two rivers did Fawcett believe he would find relics of an ancient civilization?
(a) Unini and Branco.
(b) Tapajos and Singu.
(c) Unini and Negro.
(d) Branco and Negro.

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

7. In Chapter 12, what did Murray eat when he was separate from Fawcett and the others?
(a) Tinned milk.
(b) Dried beef.
(c) Caramels.
(d) Hardtack.

8. 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) 110.
(c) 80.
(d) About 150.

9. How old was George Lynch when Fawcett met him?
(a) 56.
(b) 51.
(c) 38.
(d) 49.

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

11. When was James Murray born?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1862.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1863.

12. How much money did George Lynch help Fawcett raise for his expedition?
(a) About $4,500.
(b) $7,000.
(c) $6,000.
(d) Roughly $5,000.

13. For 15 years after his homecoming in 1907, how many square miles of the Amazon did Fawcett discover?
(a) 750
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Thousands.
(d) 1,600.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Raleigh fall in love with on the voyage from New York in Chapter 20?

2. In Chapter 17, how many lives of Royal Geographical Society members did Grann say were killed by the war?

3. When did Fawcett move his family to Jamaica?

4. At the end of Chapter 13, where was Lynch planning an expedition?

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

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