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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Henry Roan consider to be his best friend?
(a) Bryan Burkhart.
(b) Ernest Burkhart.
(c) Tom White.
(d) William Hale.

2. 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)
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

3. How old was Henry Roan at the time of his murder?
(a) 34.
(b) 24.
(c) 40.
(d) 51.

4. How was William Hale related to Bryan Burkhart?
(a) William Hale and Bryan Burkhart were second cousins.
(b) William Hale was Bryan Burkhart's father-in-law.
(c) William Hale was Bryan Burkhart's nephew.
(d) Bryan Burkhart was William Hale's nephew.

5. Mollie stated that the last time she had seen Anna, it was at what time of day?
(a) Noon.
(b) Sundown.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Sunrise.

6. What quality nearly always led an Osage person to be appointed a white financial guardian?
(a) Physical disability.
(b) The lack of white ancestry.
(c) A history of mental illness.
(d) Lack of official enrollment in the tribe.

7. What item of Anna's was found at the murder scene and was given to Anna's mother?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) An earring.
(c) A ring.
(d) A locket.

8. How many days did the Schoun brothers determine had passed between the time of Anna's murder and the finding of her body?
(a) Three to five days.
(b) Five to seven days.
(c) Twenty-four to thirty-six hours.
(d) Nine to eleven days.

9. What caused the justice of the peace to stop convening inquests into the latest Osage murders in 1923?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) He was bribed.
(c) He lost interest in the case.
(d) He received anonymous threats.

10. What was Anna's late sister's official cause of death?
(a) Brain cancer.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) A wasting illness.

11. In what month and year did the justice of the peace close his inquiries into Anna's murder?
(a) October 1923.
(b) May 1918.
(c) November 1927.
(d) July 1921.

12. Who was the only one to survive the bombing of the Smiths' home, but only lived for four days?
(a) Nettie Brookshire.
(b) Rita Smith.
(c) Mollie Burkhart.
(d) Bill Smith.

13. Mollie's brother-in-law Bill Smith was convinced that Lizzie had actually died due to what cause?
(a) Poisoning.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Suffocation.
(d) Influenza.

14. Who was the first person Mollie suspected of possibly being involved in Anna's murder?
(a) William Hale.
(b) Oda Brown.
(c) Bryan Burkhart.
(d) Tom White.

15. In what year was the law enacted that deemed Osage people with financial guardians as "restricted" (79)?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1917.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harve M. Freas was the sheriff of what county at the time of Anna's death?

2. Who was the sitting U.S. president when the Louisiana Purchase was enacted?

3. Who created the Bureau of Investigation, "hoping to fill the void in federal law enforcement" (105)?

4. What happened after Bill Smith confided in several people that he was getting somewhere with his detective work?

5. Who served as a pallbearer at both Anna's and Henry's funerals?

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