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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8 since the excavation of the Panama canal began in 1881, how many laborers died from malaria and yellow fever?
(a) 11,500.
(b) More than 20,000.
(c) About 5,000.
(d) 17,000.

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

3. In Chapter 2, how many Indian tribes did the Brazilian government estimate at the time of the writing of the book had never been contacted by outsiders?
(a) 39.
(b) More than 60.
(c) 20.
(d) About 45.

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

5. 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) Candiru.
(b) Piranha.
(c) Black caiman.
(d) Arapaima.

6. When did Grann first learn about Fawcett?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1998.

7. 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) 1/3 mile.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) 3/4 mile.
(d) 1/2 mile.

8. In Chapter 8, what was the first frontier town that Fawcett and Chivers came to?
(a) Tahua.
(b) Tumupasa.
(c) Raquio.
(d) Rurenabaque.

9. When did Francisco de Orellan and his army of Spanish conquistadores go down the Amazon River?
(a) 1609.
(b) 1511.
(c) 1542.
(d) 1602.

10. In Chapter 6, how long had it been since Fawcett left England for Ceylon?
(a) 21 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 11 years.

11. How deep is the Amazon River in some places?
(a) 15 feet.
(b) 80 feet.
(c) 245 feet.
(d) 300 feet.

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

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

14. How many people did Fawcett choose to go on his expedition to Z in Chapter 1?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 70.
(d) 90.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 8, what was the name of Fawcett's British handler?

3. When did Speke claim that he discovered the source of the Nile?

4. In Chapter 8, when did Francis Younghusband serve as president of the Royal Geographical Society?

5. In Chapter 1, what size was the SS Vauban?

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