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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 14, what did Fawcett observe the Guarayo Indians using to catch fish?

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

4. In Chapter 12, when did Nina visit Fawcett in South America?

5. In Chapter 12, where was Fawcett's family living in 1907?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 19, how did Grann describe the situation for many indigenous people in modern times?

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

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

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

6. How did Fawcett describe home in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despite popular opinion, Fawcett believed that the remains of an advanced civilization existed in the Amazon. How was Fawcett’s belief based upon research, and how did his views change to the mythical as he grew older?

Essay Topic 2

Heckenberger believed that anthropologists needed to look beyond the small tribes in the Amazon. Why did Heckenberger believe that anthropologists needed to look beyond the small tribes, and what did he think they would discover?

Essay Topic 3

Fawcett’s wife Nina subjugated her desires and goals to support her husband. How did Nina subjugate her desires and goals to support her husband, and how did misogyny and discrimination cause Nina to have to give up her own dreams and plans?

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