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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. During the Battle of the Somme, how many British soldiers died?
(a) 18,000.
(b) About 17,000.
(c) 11,000.
(d) Nearly 20,000.
2. In Chapter 12, when did Murray join a Canadian scientific expedition to the Arctic?
(a) May 1913.
(b) April 1913.
(c) June 1913.
(d) July 1913.
3. What was Fawcett's rank at the beginning of Chapter 17 when he was in the Royal Field Artillery?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) General.
(d) Major.
4. What was the population of the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo in Chapter 13?
(a) 18 million.
(b) 1.5 million.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 500,000.
5. How old was Jack Fawcett when his father returned from the war?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 13, how long did Lynch say that he and his party were held hostage?
2. How old was Fawcett when he volunteered to serve in World War I?
3. In Chapter 11, how far south were the new coordinates that Grann found for Fawcett's destination after Dead Horse Camp?
4. In Chapter 16, how many manuscripts are in Brazil's National Library?
5. In Chapter 17, when was Fawcett ready to look for the City of Z, but was stopped by World War I?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 17, how did an encounter with the Yanomami unfold when Dr. Rice and his party encountered them?
2. How did the Echojas remove grubs from someone?
3. How did Leonard Darwin introduce Fawcett in 1911 at a lecture before the Royal Geographical Society?
4. When did World War I end, and what was the cost of the war in human lives?
5. Why did Fawcett not want to take Colonel T. E. Lawrence on an expedition?
6. How would Fawcett approach Indians?
7. In Chapter 19, how did Grann describe the situation for many indigenous people in modern times?
8. In Chapter 12, what did Fawcett want to forget and go home?
9. In Chapter 20, why did Fawcett try to persuade Raleigh to return with the guides?
10. In Chapter 13, what was James Lynch doing?
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