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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, when did Murray reach La Paz?
(a) Middle of 1912.
(b) End of 1912.
(c) Summer of 1912.
(d) Beginning of 1912.
2. In Chapter 13, how long did Lynch say that he and his party were held hostage?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 3 days.
3. In Chapter 18, where did Nina move the family after leaving Jamaica?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) London.
(d) San Francisco.
4. In Chapter 16, how many manuscripts are in Brazil's National Library?
(a) 630,000.
(b) About 500,000.
(c) Around 800,000.
(d) 740,000.
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 18, how many horsepower did Dr. Rice's hydroplane have?
2. In Chapter 17, how many lives of Royal Geographical Society members did Grann say were killed by the war?
3. In Chapter 17 when Raleigh Rimell damaged a letter box, what did he have to pay to replace it?
4. In Chapter 12, what did Murray eat when he was separate from Fawcett and the others?
5. In Chapter 17 when in 1916 did Fawcett receive a gold medal from the Royal Geographical Society?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 12, how did Nina prepare herself to be able to go on an expedition with her husband?
2. How did the Echojas remove grubs from someone?
3. In Chapter 20, why did Fawcett try to persuade Raleigh to return with the guides?
4. What mysterious box did Dr. Rice take on an expedition in Chapter 17?
5. Why did Fawcett not want to take Colonel T. E. Lawrence on an expedition?
6. In Chapter 14, how did a Spanish friar describe what happened to a companion who was struck by a poison arrow?
7. How did Fawcett describe home in Chapter 12?
8. Who wrote the manuscript that Grann viewed in Chapter 16?
9. In Chapter 17, how did an encounter with the Yanomami unfold when Dr. Rice and his party encountered them?
10. Who was Alexander Hamilton Rice?
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