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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Fawcett's signet ring found?

2. In 1900, where were classes held at the Royal Geographical Society?

3. In Chapter 1, what occupation did Jack Fawcett wish to pursue after he returned from the expedition to Z?

4. In 1888, how many fox terriers did Fawcett have in his room?

5. In Chapter 1, what size was the SS Vauban?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Lynch and his party at the end of Chapter 2?

3. What was the condition of Fawcett and his men on the expedition to explore the Rio Verde?

4. When Grann went shopping for items for his expedition, what did a salesman help Grann purchase after he learned Grann had never been camping?

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

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

7. Where does the Amazon river begin?

8. In Chapter 1, why was Fawcett well-known?

9. How does the author describe himself in Chapter 3?

10. Who was Nina Paterson's first husband and how long were they married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fawcett, Jack, and Raleigh were naïve about what was before them on their expedition. In what ways were the men naïve, and how was the naiveté that Fawcett demonstrated different from the naiveté the young men demonstrated?

Essay Topic 2

Fawcett believed there was a lost city, and archaeologists and anthropologists are looking for lost worlds today. How does the author present the theme that there are unseen worlds waiting to be discovered, and what does the author reveal about unseen worlds in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Fawcett was a great explorer, but a poor family man. What were Fawcett’s primary character traits, and how did those traits make him a great explorer, but a bad family man and husband?

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