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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 13 when Lynch was in captivity, when he and his son awoke, how many armed men emerged from the forest?

2. How old was Jack Fawcett when his father returned from the war?

3. In Chapter 16, what type of ceiling was in the manuscript division in Brazil's National Library?

4. In Chapter 12, what did Murray eat when he was separate from Fawcett and the others?

5. In Chapter 14, who did Fawcett fear as a rival?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Fawcett describe home in Chapter 12?

2. How would Fawcett approach Indians?

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

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 12, how did Nina prepare herself to be able to go on an expedition with her husband?

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

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

10. Who was Alexander Hamilton Rice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Fawcett served in World War I, he became to believe that Europeans were the savages, not the Indians of South America. What did Fawcett observe during the war, and how did his observations lead him to believe that Europeans were savages and were not superior to Indians.

Essay Topic 2

Fawcett and others in the book believed in their own destiny. What did Fawcett believe about his personal destiny, and how did that influence the way that he lived his life?

Essay Topic 3

Fawcett became obsessed with finding the city of Z, explorers became obsessed to find Fawcett, and even the author became obsessed to learn what happened to Fawcett. What is the basic motivation for the obsession that affects so many people in the book, and how does that motivate individuals to pursue their goals?

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