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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In 1912, how much rubber was exported from Brazil?
(a) $27 million.
(b) $35 million.
(c) More than $30 million.
(d) About $20 million.

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

8. 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) About 45.
(b) 20.
(c) More than 60.
(d) 39.

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

10. How old was Fawcett's son Jack when Fawcett went to Bolivia?
(a) Nearly 4.
(b) Almost 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

11. In 1900, where were classes held at the Royal Geographical Society?
(a) Second floor.
(b) Basement.
(c) Third floor.
(d) First floor.

12. In 1901, where was Fawcett sent by the British government as a spy?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Spain.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Greece.

13. When did B. F. Goodrich manufacture the first automobile tires in the United States?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1897.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the company that owned the SS Vauban?

2. When Grann talked with one of Fawcett's grandchildren, what were the dates of the diaries that she let Grann read?

3. When did Fawcett propose to Nina?

4. How deep is the Amazon River in some places?

5. In Chapter 2, at what elevation does the Amazon River begin?

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