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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 Bolivia and Brazil attempt to build a railroad through the jungle?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1873.
2. In Chapter 2, how long did James Lynch once go without sleep when he was hiking?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 72 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 48 hours.
3. What birthday did Lynch celebrate when he went on his expedition to find what happened to Fawcett?
(a) 39.
(b) 45.
(c) 36.
(d) 42.
4. In Chapter 8, when did Sir George Taubman Goldie summon Fawcett and ask him what he knew about Bolivia?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1909.
5. In Chapter 6 as a pack animal, how much could an ass carry?
(a) 65 pounds.
(b) 120.
(c) 300.
(d) 100 pounds.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 1896, how many professors of anthropology were there in Great Britain?
2. How deep is the Amazon River in some places?
3. In Chapter 10, although Fawcett and his men cut, chopped, pulled, and pushed through the jungle from morning until evening, how much did they advance daily?
4. What is the name of the fish in the Amazon that is one of the few creatures in the world that survives strictly on a diet of blood?
5. When did Theodore Roosevelt explore an Amazon tributary?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where was Fawcett in 1888?
2. In Chapter 9, where did Grann find some of Fawcett's papers?
3. In Chapter 8, what mission did Sir George Taubman Goldie ask Fawcett to undertake?
4. In Chapter 1, what book was said to be based on Fawcett's experiences?
5. In Chapter 6, who was Edward Ayearst Reeves?
6. When was the Royal Geographical Society of London created and what was its purpose?
7. In Chapter 2, how did Fawcett send news of his expedition until he disappeared?
8. In Chapter 3, what does the author say happened when he was working on a story?
9. What happened to Lynch and his party at the end of Chapter 2?
10. In Chapter 10, what was Fawcett's assignment?
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