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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, how long did pack animals typically survive in the Amazon on an expedition?
(a) No more than a month.
(b) About 2 months.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 3 months.

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

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

5. During the Battle of the Somme, how many British soldiers died?
(a) 18,000.
(b) About 17,000.
(c) Nearly 20,000.
(d) 11,000.

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

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

8. How old was Fawcett when he volunteered to serve in World War I?
(a) 46.
(b) 45.
(c) 47.
(d) 44.

9. How old was Jack Fawcett in 1907?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

13. When did Gonzalo Pizarro launch the first expedition in search of El Dorado?
(a) 1541.
(b) 1511.
(c) 1581.
(d) 1594.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1907 how long was Fawcett home before he wanted to travel again?

2. In Chapter 12, what percent of young men did an English general claim were unfit to meet the requirements of military service?

3. In Chapter 20, when did Fawcett, Jack and Raleigh leave Rio de Janeiro?

4. In Chapter 14, what did Fawcett order the men to do when they were fired upon by arrows?

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

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