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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, how many horsepower did Dr. Rice's hydroplane have?
(a) 80.
(b) 160.
(c) 150.
(d) 70.

3. In Chapter 12, where was Fawcett's family living in 1907?
(a) Southampton.
(b) Plymouth.
(c) Devon.
(d) Exeter.

4. 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) 6 feet 3 inches.
(d) 5 feet 8 inches.

5. What was Fawcett's rank at the beginning of Chapter 17 when he was in the Royal Field Artillery?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Major.
(d) General.

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. At the end of Chapter 17, when did Fawcett set out on his own, alone?
(a) August 1921.
(b) April 1921.
(c) May 1921.
(d) July 1921.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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) August 1914.
(c) September 1914.
(d) October 1914.

14. How many years of anti-snakebite venom was Fawcett given in Chapter 20?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Germany sign a peace treaty in surrender?

2. In Chapter 12, during the 1911 expedition, how many pounds were the packs the men carried?

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

5. When was Fawcett so poor that he could not pay his membership dues to the Royal Geographical Society?

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