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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 16, how many manuscripts are in Brazil's National Library?
(a) About 500,000.
(b) 630,000.
(c) 740,000.
(d) Around 800,000.

2. In Chapter 12, where was Fawcett's family living in 1907?
(a) Southampton.
(b) Exeter.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Devon.

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

4. In Chapter 12, how much was Fawcett's annual salary from the boundary commission?
(a) 925 pounds.
(b) About 600 pounds.
(c) Around 700 pounds.
(d) 800 pounds.

5. In Chapter 14, what did Fawcett order the men to do when they were fired upon by arrows?
(a) Play the accordion and sing.
(b) Hide.
(c) Play the harmonica and sing.
(d) Run.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how long did pack animals typically survive in the Amazon on an expedition?

2. When did the Cinta Larga tribe kill 29 diamond miners who trespassed onto a reservation in western Brazil?

3. At the end of Chapter 13, where was Lynch planning an expedition?

4. In Chapter 17 when in 1916 did Fawcett receive a gold medal from the Royal Geographical Society?

5. How old was Fawcett when he volunteered to serve in World War I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would Fawcett approach Indians?

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

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

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

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

6. Who was Alexander Hamilton Rice?

7. How did the Echojas remove grubs from someone?

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

9. What did Fawcett speculate happened to the Amazon populations that the conquistadors encountered?

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

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