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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Raleigh Rimel when his father died?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

2. In Chapter 8, what was the name of Fawcett's British handler?
(a) Peter.
(b) James.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Richard.

3. In Chapter 2, at what elevation does the Amazon River begin?
(a) 14,900 feet.
(b) Over 18,000 feet.
(c) About 18,500 feet.
(d) 17,500 feet.

4. In Chapter 2, when did a group of Brazilian scientists and adventurers search for signs of Colonel Percy Fawcett?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1984.

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

6. In Chapter 6, what did Lieutenant T. Dannreuther collect?
(a) Rare butterflies and insects.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Fossils.
(d) Dried flowers and grasses.

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

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

9. In Chapter 8, when Sir Roger Casement investigated mistreatment of Indians in the Amazon, how many Indian did he estimate had died at the hands of one rubber company alone?
(a) 32,000.
(b) Some 30,000.
(c) About 28,000.
(d) 24,000.

10. How old was Grann in Chapter 3?
(a) 51.
(b) About 50.
(c) 42.
(d) Nearly 40.

11. In Chapter 10, although Fawcett and his men cut, chopped, pulled, and pushed through the jungle from morning until evening, how much did they advance daily?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 1/3 mile.
(c) 3/4 mile.
(d) 1/2 mile.

12. When did Reeves begin working at the Royal Geographical Society?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1875.

13. What was the name of the fort where Fawcett served in Chapter 4?
(a) Davidson.
(b) William.
(c) Frederick.
(d) Thomas.

14. How many men died during Carvajal's expedition to find El Dorado?
(a) 200.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 520.
(d) 45.

15. In 1864 when there were boundary disputes between Paraguay and its neighbors, how much of the Paraguayan population was killed?
(a) A quarter.
(b) About half.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) At least a third.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how old was Fawcett?

2. How old was Fawcett's son Jack when Fawcett went to Bolivia?

3. In Chapter 8, at what altitude did Fawcett and Chivers begin to feel the heat of the jungle?

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

5. In Chapter 10, how old was Frank Fisher when he agreed to explore the Verde with Fawcett?

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