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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four - Chapters 16-20.

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) 2001.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2000.

2. When did Reeves begin working at the Royal Geographical Society?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1875.

3. When did Fawcett move his family to Jamaica?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1920.

4. When Grann talked with one of Fawcett's grandchildren, what were the dates of the diaries that she let Grann read?
(a) 1902-1917.
(b) 1904-1923.
(c) 1906-1921.
(d) 1905-1920.

5. How much money did George Lynch help Fawcett raise for his expedition?
(a) $6,000.
(b) About $4,500.
(c) Roughly $5,000.
(d) $7,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what was the first frontier town that Fawcett and Chivers came to?

2. In Chapter 11, how far south were the new coordinates that Grann found for Fawcett's destination after Dead Horse Camp?

3. In 1888, how many fox terriers did Fawcett have in his room?

4. In Chapter 1, when did the London "Georgraphical Journal" write that Fawcett marked the end of an age?

5. When did Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo write about El Dorado?

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