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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 2, when did a group of Brazilian scientists and adventurers search for signs of Colonel Percy Fawcett?

2. In Chapter 5, when did Grann visit the Royal Geographical Society?

3. How old was Grann in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 10 as Fawcett searched for the Verde's source, by how many days of marching did the group run out of food?

5. In Chapter 3, how tall was David Grann?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 10, what was Fawcett's assignment?

4. Where does the Amazon river begin?

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 5, why in 1740 were fewer than 120 places on the planet accurately mapped?

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

10. In Chapter 2, how did Fawcett send news of his expedition until he disappeared?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the nineteenth century many believed in environmental determinism. What was environmental determinism, and how was the theory being disproved by recent archaeological discoveries?

Essay Topic 2

Fawcett teamed up with James Murray on a expedition. What conflicts did the two men have, and what did their conflicts reveal about Fawcett?

Essay Topic 3

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

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