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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In 1896, how many professors of anthropology were there in Great Britain?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

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

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

7. When did Fawcett propose to Nina?
(a) February 11, 1892.
(b) October 29, 1890.
(c) September 2, 1893.
(d) June 30, 1891.

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

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

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. An expedition of how many men went to the area of Z and died?
(a) 1,400.
(b) 800.
(c) 1,100.
(d) 740.

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

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

14. In Chapter 1, what size was the SS Vauban?
(a) 680 feet.
(b) 492 feet.
(c) 511 feet.
(d) 321 feet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Royal Geographical Society award him with a gold medal for his contributions to mapping South America?

2. When did Venetian cartographer Fra Mauro create one of the most exhaustive maps of the world?

3. In 1864 when there were boundary disputes between Paraguay and its neighbors, how much of the Paraguayan population was killed?

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

5. When was Fawcett born?

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