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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what was the date of the manuscript that Grann was allowed to view at Brazil's National Library?
(a) 1694.
(b) 1689.
(c) 1753.
(d) 1731.

2. In Chapter 17, when did Fawcett and his men take up positions along a river in Northern France?
(a) July, 1916.
(b) August, 1916.
(c) July, 1916.
(d) June, 1916.

3. How many documents are housed in Brazil's National Library?
(a) More than 9 million.
(b) 9.5 million.
(c) About 8 million.
(d) 7.5 million.

4. When Fawcett left in 1925, how many people did he say were aware of their objective?
(a) 35 million.
(b) 600,000.
(c) 40 million.
(d) 100,000.

5. In Chapter 14, what did Fawcett observe the Guarayo Indians using to catch fish?
(a) Spears.
(b) Nets.
(c) Poison.
(d) Hooks.

6. When was Fawcett's daughter Joan born?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1910.

7. In Chapter 13, what did Lynch say was the value of the ransom he had to pay to save himself and his party?
(a) $35,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) $30,000.

8. In Chapter 12, when did Nina visit Fawcett in South America?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1911.

9. In Chapter 14, who did Fawcett fear as a rival?
(a) Henry Savage Landor.
(b) Alexander Hamilton Rice.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon.

10. In Chapter 12, what percent of young men did an English general claim were unfit to meet the requirements of military service?
(a) 45.
(b) 70.
(c) 60.
(d) 50.

11. In Chapter 11, when was Fawcett's "Case for an Expedition in the Amazon Basin" dated?
(a) March 11, 1924.
(b) February 3, 1924.
(c) January 9, 1924.
(d) April 13, 1924.

12. When was Fawcett so poor that he could not pay his membership dues to the Royal Geographical Society?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1924.

13. In Chapter 16, what type of ceiling was in the manuscript division in Brazil's National Library?
(a) Wood.
(b) Plaster.
(c) Tin.
(d) Stained-glass.

14. When did the Cinta Larga tribe kill 29 diamond miners who trespassed onto a reservation in western Brazil?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2005.

15. How tall was the Australian boxer, Lewis Brown, who accompanied Fawcett on an expedition in Chapter 17?
(a) 6 feet 5 inches.
(b) 5 feet 8 inches.
(c) 6 feet 3 inches.
(d) 5 feet 11 inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. For 15 years after his homecoming in 1907, how many square miles of the Amazon did Fawcett discover?

2. How much money did George Lynch help Fawcett raise for his expedition?

3. Who did Raleigh fall in love with on the voyage from New York in Chapter 20?

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

5. In Chapter 16, where did the author fly to find another Fawcett document?

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