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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. In Chapter 20, when did Fawcett, Jack and Raleigh leave Rio de Janeiro?

2. What was Fawcett's rank at the beginning of Chapter 17 when he was in the Royal Field Artillery?

3. When did Fawcett move his family to Jamaica?

4. In Chapter 16, what was the date of the manuscript that Grann was allowed to view at Brazil's National Library?

5. In Chapter 11, when was Fawcett's "Case for an Expedition in the Amazon Basin" dated?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Fawcett describe home in Chapter 12?

5. What did the manuscript look like that Grann viewed at the National Library in Chapter 16?

6. In Chapter 12, what did Fawcett want to forget and go home?

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

8. How would Fawcett approach Indians?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many mysteries are presented in the book, but none are resolved. How do the unresolved mysteries affect Nina, various explorers, and even the author?

Essay Topic 2

Fawcett was a great explorer, but a poor family man. What were Fawcett’s primary character traits, and how did those traits make him a great explorer, but a bad family man and husband?

Essay Topic 3

Fawcett believed there was a lost city, and archaeologists and anthropologists are looking for lost worlds today. How does the author present the theme that there are unseen worlds waiting to be discovered, and what does the author reveal about unseen worlds in the book?

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