Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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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. Who testified in defense of the Osage people at a Congressional hearing, arguing "that the government should not be dictating the Osage's financial decisions" (79)?
(a) Mollie Burkhart.
(b) Tom White.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) William Hale.

2. When a new law was enacted that deemed Osage people with guardians as "restricted" (79) from that point forward, what did that mean about their situation?
(a) They could not shop in stores outside of the reservation.
(b) They could not spend more than a few thousand dollars annually.
(c) They could not have access to cash.
(d) They could not marry white spouses.

3. Who hired a hitman to murder Katherine Cole, Kelsie Morrison's former wife, "who was Osage and had agreed to testify for the prosecution" (200)?
(a) Sheriff Freas.
(b) Henry Grammer.
(c) Henry Roan.
(d) Kelsie Morrison.

4. Tom White was told by Mollie's priest that she sent him a secret message stating what?
(a) That she was afraid someone was trying to poison her.
(b) That she wanted to return to church.
(c) That she wanted permission to annul her marriage to Ernest.
(d) That she wished to be given last rites in case anything happened to her.

5. What happened after Bill Smith confided in several people that he was getting somewhere with his detective work?
(a) He was set on fire.
(b) He went missing and was eventually declared dead.
(c) His house was bombed.
(d) He was shot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom did Ernest Burkhart name as the murderer of Henry Roan?

3. How old was Mollie when she married Henry Roan in what was likely an arranged marriage?

4. What writer does the author quote when he writes that the age described in the narrative "was a time marked" (77) by an author who called it "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history"? (77)

5. What happened to prevent the hired gunman from killing Katherine Cole?

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