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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 13, what did Lynch say was the value of the ransom he had to pay to save himself and his party?
(a) $20,000.
(b) $30,000.
(c) $35,000.
(d) $25,000.

2. In Chapter 17, when did Nina write to the Royal Geographical Society saying that Fawcett had been gassed?
(a) January 1917.
(b) March 1917.
(c) February 1917.
(d) April 1917.

3. In Chapter 16, what type of ceiling was in the manuscript division in Brazil's National Library?
(a) Plaster.
(b) Wood.
(c) Tin.
(d) Stained-glass.

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

5. In January 1916, what rank was Fawcett promoted to?
(a) Lieutenant colonel.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Major.
(d) General.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 11, between what two rivers did Fawcett believe he would find relics of an ancient civilization?

3. In Chapter 16, where did the author fly to find another Fawcett document?

4. What was the population of the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo in Chapter 13?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how did Nina prepare herself to be able to go on an expedition with her husband?

2. Why did the rubber boom collapse in South America?

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

4. In Chapter 20, why did Fawcett try to persuade Raleigh to return with the guides?

5. In Chapter 14, how did a Spanish friar describe what happened to a companion who was struck by a poison arrow?

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

7. When did World War I end, and what was the cost of the war in human lives?

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

9. How did Lynch escape from captivity when he was captured on his expedition to find what happened to Fawcett?

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

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