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

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

3. 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) 1905-1920.
(c) 1904-1923.
(d) 1906-1921.

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

5. In Chapter 10 as Fawcett searched for the Verde's source, by how many days of marching did the group run out of food?
(a) Day 11.
(b) Day 12.
(c) Day 15.
(d) Day 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1896, what was the speed limit for automobiles raised to in London?

2. When were Fawcett and Nina married?

3. In Chapter 2, when did a group of Brazilian scientists and adventurers search for signs of Colonel Percy Fawcett?

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

5. How tall was Fawcett?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does the Amazon river begin?

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

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

7. In Chapter 5, why in 1740 were fewer than 120 places on the planet accurately mapped?

8. In Chapter 6, how were students taught to lead an expedition?

9. In Chapter 1, how was Fawcett described?

10. Why were explorers and mapmakers recruited by the British government to serve as spies?

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