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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 17, what tribe of Indians did Dr. Rice's party encounter?
(a) Charrua.
(b) Potiguara.
(c) Tupinamba.
(d) Yanomami.
2. In Chapter 13, what did Lynch say was the value of the ransom he had to pay to save himself and his party?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $35,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $30,000.
3. In January 1916, what rank was Fawcett promoted to?
(a) Major.
(b) General.
(c) Lieutenant colonel.
(d) Colonel.
4. How old was Fawcett when he volunteered to serve in World War I?
(a) 46.
(b) 47.
(c) 44.
(d) 45.
5. In Chapter 12, how long did pack animals typically survive in the Amazon on an expedition?
(a) About 2 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) No more than a month.
(d) 8 weeks.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 16, what was the date of the manuscript that Grann was allowed to view at Brazil's National Library?
2. At the end of Chapter 17, when did Fawcett set out on his own, alone?
3. When was Fawcett so poor that he could not pay his membership dues to the Royal Geographical Society?
4. In 1916 when Dr. Rice was planning to return to the Amazon, how much fuel could the 40-foot vessel he was building carry?
5. How many years of anti-snakebite venom was Fawcett given in Chapter 20?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Fawcett not able to launch an expedition in September 1914?
2. How did Fawcett describe home in Chapter 12?
3. In Chapter 13, what was James Lynch doing?
4. Who wrote the manuscript that Grann viewed in Chapter 16?
5. How did George Lynch help Fawcett raise money for an expedition?
6. What did the manuscript look like that Grann viewed at the National Library in Chapter 16?
7. What mysterious box did Dr. Rice take on an expedition in Chapter 17?
8. What did Fawcett speculate happened to the Amazon populations that the conquistadors encountered?
9. In Chapter 11, where did Fawcett wish to explore for Z and why?
10. Why did the rubber boom collapse in South America?
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