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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. When did Speke claim that he discovered the source of the Nile?
(a) 1794.
(b) 1858.
(c) 1788.
(d) 1831.
2. When were Fawcett and Nina married?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1901.
3. In 1901, where was Fawcett sent by the British government as a spy?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Spain.
(c) Greece.
(d) Morocco.
4. When Grann talked with one of Fawcett's grandchildren, what were the dates of the diaries that she let Grann read?
(a) 1904-1923.
(b) 1905-1920.
(c) 1902-1917.
(d) 1906-1921.
5. In Chapter 2, when did a group of Brazilian scientists and adventurers search for signs of Colonel Percy Fawcett?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1998.
Short Answer Questions
1. How tall was Fawcett?
2. In Chapter 8, what was the first frontier town that Fawcett and Chivers came to?
3. When did Theodore Roosevelt explore an Amazon tributary?
4. In Chapter 8, what was the name of Fawcett's British handler?
5. In 1864 when there were boundary disputes between Paraguay and its neighbors, how much of the Paraguayan population was killed?
Short Essay Questions
1. When and where was Fawcett's first assignment after he received his diploma from the Royal Geographical Society?
2. When Grann went shopping for items for his expedition, what did a salesman help Grann purchase after he learned Grann had never been camping?
3. Where was Fawcett in 1888?
4. In Chapter 2, how did Fawcett send news of his expedition until he disappeared?
5. In Chapter 1, what book was said to be based on Fawcett's experiences?
6. In Chapter 9, where and when was Fawcett's signet ring found?
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. In Chapter 9, where did Grann find some of Fawcett's papers?
10. What was the condition of Fawcett and his men on the expedition to explore the Rio Verde?
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