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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 11, how far south were the new coordinates that Grann found for Fawcett's destination after Dead Horse Camp?
(a) 60 miles.
(b) More than 100 miles.
(c) 140 miles.
(d) About 80 miles.

2. In Chapter 17, how many lives of Royal Geographical Society members did Grann say were killed by the war?
(a) 158.
(b) More than 130.
(c) 142.
(d) About 125.

3. In Chapter 16, where did the author fly to find another Fawcett document?
(a) Brasilia.
(b) Rio de Janeiro.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

4. At the end of Chapter 17, when did Fawcett set out on his own, alone?
(a) May 1921.
(b) August 1921.
(c) April 1921.
(d) July 1921.

5. In 1916 when Dr. Rice was planning to return to the Amazon, how much fuel could the 40-foot vessel he was building carry?
(a) 500 gallons.
(b) 350 gallons.
(c) 700 gallons.
(d) 850 gallons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17 when Raleigh Rimell damaged a letter box, what did he have to pay to replace it?

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

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. Who did Raleigh fall in love with on the voyage from New York in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Fawcett not able to launch an expedition in September 1914?

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

4. How did the Echojas remove grubs from someone?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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