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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what did Lieutenant T. Dannreuther collect?

2. When Fawcett and Chivers left Riberalta September 25, 1906, how many desperadoes and native guides accompanied them?

3. When did members of the nomadic Nukak-Maku tribe emerge from the Amazon in Colombia and announce that they were ready to join the modern world?

4. How old was Fawcett's father when he died?

5. In Chapter 8, what was the first frontier town that Fawcett and Chivers came to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what was Fawcett's assignment?

2. In Chapter 6, who was Edward Ayearst Reeves?

3. Who was Nina Paterson's first husband and how long were they married?

4. In Chapter 9, where did Grann find some of Fawcett's papers?

5. How does the author describe himself in Chapter 3?

6. In Chapter 1, what book was said to be based on Fawcett's experiences?

7. In Chapter 8, what information was Fawcett able to discern about the sultan in Morocco?

8. In Chapter 8, what mission did Sir George Taubman Goldie ask Fawcett to undertake?

9. How was Fawcett taught to see everything around him?

10. In Chapter 1, why was Fawcett well-known?

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