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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. In Chapter 8, what was black gold?

2. In Chapter 8, what was the first frontier town that Fawcett and Chivers came to?

3. How tall was Fawcett?

4. In Chapter 8, when did Sir George Taubman Goldie summon Fawcett and ask him what he knew about Bolivia?

5. When was Fawcett born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When and where was Fawcett's first assignment after he received his diploma from the Royal Geographical Society?

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

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

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 6, who was Edward Ayearst Reeves?

8. How was Fawcett taught to see everything around him?

9. In Chapter 3, what does the author say happened when he was working on a story?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fawcett and others in the book believed in their own destiny. What did Fawcett believe about his personal destiny, and how did that influence the way that he lived his life?

Essay Topic 2

Many mysteries are presented in the book, but none are resolved. How do the unresolved mysteries affect Nina, various explorers, and even the author?

Essay Topic 3

The Royal Geographical Society was founded in 1830. What was the role of the Society in geography and exploration, and why was the society so necessary in the nineteenth century?

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