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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chronicle Three: The Reporter, Chapters 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that much of H.G. Burt's wealth "flowed from the deeply corrupt 'Indian business'" (260), which is defined by the author in what way?
(a) The land allotment policy.
(b) The network of Indian jails.
(c) The push to legalize the sale of headrights.
(d) The swindling of millionaire Osage.

2. What is NOT one thing Mollie said in defense of her husband Ernest at the time of his arrest?
(a) Ernest had loved Anna too much to have killed her.
(b) Ernest is a good and kind man.
(c) Ernest would not hurt Mollie under any circumstances.
(d) Ernest would not hurt anyone.

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

4. How much did Ernest Burkhart offer to pay Burt Lawson for murdering Bill Smith?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $25,000.
(d) $5,000.

5. Before joining the Justice Department, J. Edgar Hoover had been a clerk at what location?
(a) The Library of Congress.
(b) The Department of Transportation.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) The Treasury Department.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event resulted in putting a stop to the campaign to fire Tom White and his men?

2. What was the name of the part-Kaw, part-Osage U.S. senator from Kansas who was then the "highest official with acknowledged Indian ancestry ever elected to office" (96)?

3. Who was NOT among the people Bill Smith met with in the hospital shortly before his death, when he asked the nurse to leave the room?

4. When Ernest Burkhart decided to tell the whole truth, how did he escape from his uncle's control?

5. John Ramsey denied involvement in the murder of Henry Roan until he was shown what document?

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