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

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

3. In Chapter 16, how many manuscripts are in Brazil's National Library?
(a) About 500,000.
(b) 630,000.
(c) 740,000.
(d) Around 800,000.

4. In Chapter 11, how far south were the new coordinates that Grann found for Fawcett's destination after Dead Horse Camp?
(a) 60 miles.
(b) More than 100 miles.
(c) 140 miles.
(d) About 80 miles.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. At the end of Chapter 13, where was Lynch planning an expedition?

5. In Chapter 17, where did Fawcett and Lyne dig trenches along with their men?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Fawcett not want to take Colonel T. E. Lawrence on an expedition?

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

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

6. Who was Alexander Hamilton Rice?

7. How did Lynch escape from captivity when he was captured on his expedition to find what happened to Fawcett?

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

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

10. In Chapter 14, how did a Spanish friar describe what happened to a companion who was struck by a poison arrow?

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