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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. How deep is the Amazon River in some places?
(a) 245 feet.
(b) 300 feet.
(c) 80 feet.
(d) 15 feet.
2. In Chapter 9, where did Grann find one of Fawcett's grandchildren?
(a) Ireland.
(b) London.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Wales.
3. What birthday did Lynch celebrate when he went on his expedition to find what happened to Fawcett?
(a) 45.
(b) 39.
(c) 36.
(d) 42.
4. In 1888, how many fox terriers did Fawcett have in his room?
(a) 1.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.
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. How old was Raleigh Rimel when his father died?
2. In Chapter 6, what did Lieutenant T. Dannreuther collect?
3. In 1900, where were classes held at the Royal Geographical Society?
4. What was the name of the fort where Fawcett served in Chapter 4?
5. When did the Royal Geographical Society award him with a gold medal for his contributions to mapping South America?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 8, what information was Fawcett able to discern about the sultan in Morocco?
2. Why were explorers and mapmakers recruited by the British government to serve as spies?
3. Who was Nina Paterson's first husband and how long were they married?
4. How was Fawcett taught to see everything around him?
5. In Chapter 8, what mission did Sir George Taubman Goldie ask Fawcett to undertake?
6. When Grann went shopping for items for his expedition, what did a salesman help Grann purchase after he learned Grann had never been camping?
7. In Chapter 9, where did Grann find some of Fawcett's papers?
8. In Chapter 5, why in 1740 were fewer than 120 places on the planet accurately mapped?
9. In Chapter 2, how did Fawcett send news of his expedition until he disappeared?
10. In Chapter 6, who was Edward Ayearst Reeves?
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