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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 1907 how long was Fawcett home before he wanted to travel again?
(a) About 2 months.
(b) 18 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) A few months.

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 12, how much was Fawcett's annual salary from the boundary commission?
(a) 925 pounds.
(b) 800 pounds.
(c) About 600 pounds.
(d) Around 700 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, what percent of young men did an English general claim were unfit to meet the requirements of military service?

3. What was Fawcett's rank at the beginning of Chapter 17 when he was in the Royal Field Artillery?

4. At the end of Chapter 17, when did Fawcett set out on his own, alone?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 17, how did an encounter with the Yanomami unfold when Dr. Rice and his party encountered them?

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

6. How did Fawcett describe home in Chapter 12?

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

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

9. How did the Echojas remove grubs from someone?

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

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