Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Ramsey denied involvement in the murder of Henry Roan until he was shown what document?
(a) The arrest warrants for his mother and brother.
(b) Ernest Burkhart's signed confession.
(c) The warrant for his arrest.
(d) His wife's signed confession.

2. To whom did Anna Brown bequeath nearly all her wealth upon her death?
(a) Her sister Mollie.
(b) Her mother Lizzie.
(c) Her daughter Anna.
(d) Her sister Minnie.

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

4. The author states that when William Hale turned himself in to Sheriff Freas, he looked as if he were going where?
(a) To his execution.
(b) To church.
(c) To heaven.
(d) To a formal party.

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

6. In 1926, Ernest Burkhart was sentenced to what punishment for his crimes?
(a) The death penalty.
(b) Life imprisonment and hard labor.
(c) Fifteen to twenty years in prison.
(d) Forty years in prison without the possibility of parole.

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

8. 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 Kansas attorney general.
(b) The Oklahoma attorney general.
(c) The Colorado attorney general.
(d) The Utah attorney general.

9. Whom did Ernest Burkhart name as the murderer of Henry Roan?
(a) Henry Grammer.
(b) John Ramsey.
(c) Asa Kirby.
(d) William Hale.

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

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

12. What outrageous claim did William Hale make when he testified on his own behalf?
(a) He claimed that Ernest Burkhart was jealous of him and wanted to steal William Hale's wife.
(b) He claimed that Henry Roan had committed suicide.
(c) He claimed that Tom White and his agents had brutally coerced his confession from him using torture.
(d) He claimed that his answers would incriminate him.

13. At the start of William Hale and John Ramsey's trial, who does William Hale's lawyer ask to have ejected from the courtroom?
(a) Asa Kirby.
(b) Tom White.
(c) Mollie Burkhart.
(d) Ernest Burkhart.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Pike claim had hired him to perform his required task?

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

3. Al Spencer told Tom White that William Hale had once offered him $2,000 to kill which two people?

4. When Tom White married in 1908, whom did he marry?

5. J. Edgar Hoover often repeated the maxim "You either improve or" (167) do what?

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