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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, where did Nina move the family after leaving Jamaica?
(a) Bristol.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) London.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. In Chapter 18, how many horsepower did Dr. Rice's hydroplane have?
(a) 80.
(b) 160.
(c) 70.
(d) 150.

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

5. In Chapter 12 after Murray got too ill to continue on the expedition, where did he end up where he was treated for his ailments?
(a) Alto Madidi.
(b) Pueblo Putaya.
(c) Breu.
(d) Saweto.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, during the 1911 expedition, how many pounds were the packs the men carried?

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

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

4. In Chapter 14, what did Fawcett order the men to do when they were fired upon by arrows?

5. In Chapter 13, what did Lynch say was the value of the ransom he had to pay to save himself and his party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 11, where did Fawcett wish to explore for Z and why?

6. How would Fawcett approach Indians?

7. How did Leonard Darwin introduce Fawcett in 1911 at a lecture before the Royal Geographical Society?

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

9. How did George Lynch help Fawcett raise money for an expedition?

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

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