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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. In Chapter 12, what was the only thing Fawcett could think about on the boat ride back to England at the end of 1907?
(a) Good food.
(b) His children.
(c) Home.
(d) His wife.

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

3. In 1907 how long was Fawcett home before he wanted to travel again?
(a) 18 weeks.
(b) 3 months.
(c) A few months.
(d) About 2 months.

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

5. In Chapter 12, what percent of young men did an English general claim were unfit to meet the requirements of military service?
(a) 45.
(b) 70.
(c) 50.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, when was the only time that Fawcett shot at Indians?

2. In Chapter 17, where did Fawcett and Lyne dig trenches along with their men?

3. In Chapter 12 after Murray got too ill to continue on the expedition, where did he end up where he was treated for his ailments?

4. In Chapter 13, where did Grann land when he arrived in Brazil?

5. In Chapter 18, where did Nina move the family after leaving Jamaica?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did George Lynch help Fawcett raise money for an expedition?

2. How did the Echojas remove grubs from someone?

3. Who wrote the manuscript that Grann viewed in Chapter 16?

4. In Chapter 17, how did an encounter with the Yanomami unfold when Dr. Rice and his party encountered them?

5. How did Leonard Darwin introduce Fawcett in 1911 at a lecture before the Royal Geographical Society?

6. What mysterious box did Dr. Rice take on an expedition in Chapter 17?

7. In Chapter 12, what did Fawcett want to forget and go home?

8. How would Fawcett approach Indians?

9. In Chapter 13, what was James Lynch doing?

10. Why did Fawcett not want to take Colonel T. E. Lawrence on an expedition?

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