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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three - Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did members of the nomadic Nukak-Maku tribe emerge from the Amazon in Colombia and announce that they were ready to join the modern world?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2001.

2. What was the population of the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo in Chapter 13?
(a) 500,000.
(b) 18 million.
(c) 1.5 million.
(d) 3 million.

3. In Chapter 1, what occupation did Jack Fawcett wish to pursue after he returned from the expedition to Z?
(a) Professor.
(b) Actor.
(c) Geographer.
(d) Lawyer.

4. When was James Murray born?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1863.
(d) 1862.

5. When did Fawcett write to the Society and say that he would not subject his wife to the perpetual anxiety of his risky journeys?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the fish in the Amazon that is one of the few creatures in the world that survives strictly on a diet of blood?

2. In Chapter 6, what was anthropology called?

3. How old was Raleigh Rimel when his father died?

4. In Chapter 14, where was Fawcett, Costin, and others exploring when they were attached by arrows?

5. In Chapter 2, how long did James Lynch once go without sleep when he was hiking?

(see the answer key)

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