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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how old was Fawcett in 1888?
(a) 20.
(b) 28.
(c) 21.
(d) 23.

2. In Chapter 6, what was anthropology called?
(a) Science of the uncivilized.
(b) Science of the undomesticated.
(c) Science of savages.
(d) Native people studies.

3. What was the name of the company that owned the SS Vauban?
(a) Hain Steamship Company.
(b) Cie Maritime Belge.
(c) Lamport & Holt.
(d) Arkona Group.

4. When did Theodore Roosevelt explore an Amazon tributary?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1912.

5. In Chapter 8, when did Fawcett and Chivers begin their journey to Bolivia to map borders?
(a) April 4, 1905.
(b) May 11, 1907.
(c) July 4, 1906.
(d) June 21, 1908.

6. In Chapter 8, what was black gold?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Rubber.
(c) Oil.
(d) Coal.

7. What is the name of the fish in the Amazon that is one of the few creatures in the world that survives strictly on a diet of blood?
(a) Piranha.
(b) Black caiman.
(c) Arapaima.
(d) Candiru.

8. When Fawcett and Chivers left Riberalta September 25, 1906, how many desperadoes and native guides accompanied them?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

9. How long of a period of time did Fawcett study at the Royal Geographical Society?
(a) 18 months.
(b) More than a year.
(c) 36 months.
(d) About 2 years.

10. In Chapter 8, at what altitude did Fawcett and Chivers begin to feel the heat of the jungle?
(a) 2,500 feet.
(b) 3,500 feet.
(c) 3,000 feet.
(d) 4,000 feet.

11. In Chapter 2, how many months did Fawcett send dispatches about his expedition?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 8 months.

12. Which of Sir Athur Conan Doyle's books was said to be based on Fawcett's experiences?
(a) The Lost World.
(b) The Valley of Fear.
(c) The Sign of Four.
(d) A Study in Scarlet.

13. How tall was Fawcett?
(a) Over 6 feet.
(b) About 6 feet.
(c) 5 feet 11 inches.
(d) 6 feet 3 inches.

14. When did Venetian cartographer Fra Mauro create one of the most exhaustive maps of the world?
(a) 1459.
(b) 1411.
(c) 1424.
(d) 1478.

15. In Chapter 6, how fast were automobiles first allowed to travel in London?
(a) 5 miles per hour.
(b) 3 miles per hour.
(c) 2 miles per hour.
(d) 4 miles per hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Fawcett's signet ring found?

2. In Chapter 10 as Fawcett searched for the Verde's source, by how many days of marching did the group run out of food?

3. When did Grann first learn about Fawcett?

4. In Chapter 3, how tall was David Grann?

5. In Chapter 2, when did a group of Brazilian scientists and adventurers search for signs of Colonel Percy Fawcett?

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