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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chronicle Two: The Evidence Man, Chapters 18-21 and Chronicle Three: The Reporter, Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fact made the authorities certain that W.W. Vaughn's disappearance from his train was the result of foul play?
(a) Poison residue was found in his drink glass.
(b) A ransom note was left on his train seat.
(c) W.W. Vaughn's luggage was still on the train.
(d) There was broken glass and blood on his train seat.

2. When Ernest Burkhart decided to tell the whole truth, how did he escape from his uncle's control?
(a) He decided to represent himself.
(b) He requested to be placed in a different jail than his uncle.
(c) He hired a hitman to kill his uncle.
(d) He fired the lawyers that his uncle had hired for him.

3. Who served as a pallbearer at both Anna's and Henry's funerals?
(a) Rita Smith.
(b) Tom White.
(c) Bill Smith.
(d) William Hale.

4. When William Hale tried to take out an insurance policy on Henry Roan, he was told that he could only do so if what condition were true?
(a) If Henry Roan owed William Hale a great deal of money.
(b) If Henry Roan divorced his wife.
(c) If William Hale paid the policy premiums.
(d) If Henry Roan were declared to be restricted.

5. What reason did Henry Roan's widow give for not drinking the whiskey brought to her by William Hale?
(a) She dropped it on the ground and broke it.
(b) She needed a gift to bring to her neighbor, so she gave it away.
(c) She was afraid it was poisoned.
(d) She spurned the use of alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two people did Bill Smith name as his only two enemies as he lay upon his deathbed?

2. When Pike, the private detective from Kansas, revealed that he had not really been hired to solve Anna's murder, what did he reveal his true purpose to be?

3. Whose headright had William Hale tried to purchase prior to the owner's death?

4. In what town were John Ramsey and William Hale tried for murder?

5. To what organization did Tom White return after his brother was gunned down in East Texas?

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