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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. What was the name of the fort where Fawcett served in Chapter 4?
(a) Frederick.
(b) Thomas.
(c) William.
(d) Davidson.
2. 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?
(a) 3/4 mile.
(b) 1/3 mile.
(c) 1/2 mile.
(d) 1 mile.
3. In Chapter 8, when Sir Roger Casement investigated mistreatment of Indians in the Amazon, how many Indian did he estimate had died at the hands of one rubber company alone?
(a) Some 30,000.
(b) 32,000.
(c) About 28,000.
(d) 24,000.
4. In Chapter 2, at what elevation does the Amazon River begin?
(a) Over 18,000 feet.
(b) 14,900 feet.
(c) About 18,500 feet.
(d) 17,500 feet.
5. In Chapter 6, what was anthropology called?
(a) Science of the uncivilized.
(b) Native people studies.
(c) Science of the undomesticated.
(d) Science of savages.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 1896, how many professors of anthropology were there in Great Britain?
2. In Chapter 8, when did Francis Younghusband serve as president of the Royal Geographical Society?
3. In Chapter 8 since the excavation of the Panama canal began in 1881, how many laborers died from malaria and yellow fever?
4. How old was Grann in Chapter 3?
5. When was Fawcett born?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the condition of Fawcett and his men on the expedition to explore the Rio Verde?
2. Who was Nina Paterson's first husband and how long were they married?
3. In Chapter 9, where and when was Fawcett's signet ring found?
4. In Chapter 8, what information was Fawcett able to discern about the sultan in Morocco?
5. In Chapter 1, what book was said to be based on Fawcett's experiences?
6. When and where was Fawcett's first assignment after he received his diploma from the Royal Geographical Society?
7. In Chapter 6, how were students taught to lead an expedition?
8. In Chapter 10, what was Fawcett's assignment?
9. How was Fawcett taught to see everything around him?
10. In Chapter 3, what does the author say happened when he was working on a story?
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