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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. When Ernest Burkhart finally decided to talk, who did he demand to speak to during his confession?
(a) Sheriff Freas.
(b) Mollie Burkhart.
(c) Tom White.
(d) J. Edgar Hoover.

2. When the gas station worker revealed to the undercover operative that she knew who had set William Hale's fields on fire, whom did she name as the culprit?
(a) Bill Smith.
(b) Bryan Burkhart.
(c) Dudley White.
(d) William Hale.

3. Who was Mollie's appointed financial guardian?
(a) Bill Smith.
(b) Bryan Burkhart.
(c) Ernest Burkhart.
(d) William Hale.

4. The text states that American lawmen in the 1920s "were then still largely" (19) what?
(a) Vigilantes.
(b) Corrupt.
(c) Inept.
(d) Amateurs.

5. A government study estimated that prior to 1925, how much money had been stolen from adult Osage wards by their appointed white guardians?
(a) $2,000,000.
(b) $3,500,000.
(c) $8,000,000.
(d) $18,000,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decade was a writer of the age referring to when calling it "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history" (77)?

2. In which settlement did Mollie and her family live within the Osage reservation?

3. What item did Mollie and her family place within Anna's coffin on the day of her funeral, in keeping with Osage beliefs?

4. Tom White was told by Mollie's priest that she sent him a secret message stating what?

5. What is NOT one thing Mollie said in defense of her husband Ernest at the time of his arrest?

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