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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what organization did Tom White enlist when he was 24?
(a) The Daughters of the American Revolution.
(b) The Masons.
(c) The Anti-Indian Militia.
(d) The Texas Rangers.

2. With whom did Tom White and the prosecutors work in order to keep William Hale and John Ramsey behind bars by filing state charges against them for the bombing murders?
(a) The Oklahoma attorney general.
(b) The Utah attorney general.
(c) The Kansas attorney general.
(d) The Colorado attorney general.

3. How old was Tom White when he watched his father execute a criminal?
(a) 6.
(b) 13.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

4. How old was Mollie's daughter Anna when she mysteriously died?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

5. Who did Bill Smith name as the executor of his slain wife Rita's will as he lay upon his deathbed?
(a) David Shoun.
(b) James Shoun.
(c) Mollie Burkhart.
(d) William Hale.

6. Even though Burt Lawson turned down Ernest Burkhart's offer twice, what caused him to finally relent and agree to bomb Bill Smith's house?
(a) He was arrested and was visited by William Hale, who promised legal assistance as long as Burt Lawson agreed to bomb Bill Smith's house.
(b) He needed the money to pay off gambling debts.
(c) He was arrested and an attempt on his life was made inside the jail.
(d) He found out that an Osage man had been having an affair with his wife.

7. At what type of establishment did authorities arrest Ernest Burkhart once a warrant was issued for his arrest?
(a) In a library.
(b) In a pool hall.
(c) In a park.
(d) In a church.

8. About what crime did Ernest forever claim to have had no prior knowledge?
(a) Charles Whitehorn's murder.
(b) The shooting of Anna.
(c) The pushing of W.W. Vaughn from the train.
(d) The attempts to poison Mollie.

9. What was NOT one of the categories assessed on the Bureau of Investigation's Efficiency Rating sheets?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Personal Appearance.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Fairness.

10. When the undercover operative talked to the worker at the Fairfax gas station, who did she name as controlling all aspects of life in the area?
(a) William Hale.
(b) David Shoun.
(c) Tom White.
(d) Ernest Burkhart.

11. How old was Tom White when his mother died?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 8.

12. Who lit the fuse to the bomb under the Smiths' home?
(a) Ernest Burkhart.
(b) William Hale.
(c) Bryan Burkhart.
(d) Burt Lawson.

13. William Hale once said, "I, like many other good men, believed it would be only a short time until Congress would pass a law" (160) that permitted what practice?
(a) The sale of headrights.
(b) Alcohol sales on reservation lands.
(c) Gambling on reservation lands.
(d) Lynchings.

14. Tom White discovered that the Shoun brothers had been giving Mollie injections that were supposed to contain what substance?
(a) Vitamin B.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Smallpox vaccinations.
(d) Insulin.

15. Soon after the grand jury proceedings against William Hale began, one of his "cronies" (200), who also happened to be a pastor, was charged with committing what crime?
(a) Assault.
(b) Witness tampering.
(c) Perjury.
(d) Theft.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ernest Burkhart finally decided to talk, who did he demand to speak to during his confession?

2. How much did Ernest Burkhart offer to pay Burt Lawson for murdering Bill Smith?

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)?

4. 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?

5. What was Mollie's response when the attorney assisting the prosecution asked her if she loved her husband?

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