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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of the waters from South American drain into the Amazon?
(a) 25%.
(b) About 30%.
(c) Nearly 40%.
(d) 55%.

2. In Chapter 1, when did the London "Georgraphical Journal" write that Fawcett marked the end of an age?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1928.

3. In Chapter 8, when did Sir George Taubman Goldie summon Fawcett and ask him what he knew about Bolivia?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1907.

4. In Chapter 1, how old was Fawcett?
(a) 39.
(b) 43.
(c) 61.
(d) 57.

5. When did Bolivia and Brazil attempt to build a railroad through the jungle?
(a) 1872.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1873.
(d) 1870.

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

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

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

9. What birthday did Lynch celebrate when he went on his expedition to find what happened to Fawcett?
(a) 36.
(b) 45.
(c) 39.
(d) 42.

10. In Chapter 5, when did Grann visit the Royal Geographical Society?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2004.

11. When Grann talked with one of Fawcett's grandchildren, what were the dates of the diaries that she let Grann read?
(a) 1902-1917.
(b) 1904-1923.
(c) 1906-1921.
(d) 1905-1920.

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

13. In Chapter 2, how long did James Lynch once go without sleep when he was hiking?
(a) 72 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 48 hours.

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

15. How old was Edward Ayearst Reeves in Chapter 6?
(a) 41.
(b) 39.
(c) Late 30s.
(d) Early 30s.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Fawcett propose to Nina?

2. How long of a period of time did Fawcett study at the Royal Geographical Society?

3. How old was Raleigh Rimel when his father died?

4. When was Fawcett's signet ring found?

5. In 1912, how much rubber was exported from Brazil?

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