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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 heaven.
(c) To a formal party.
(d) To church.

2. 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?
(a) He was hired to kill Kelsie Morrison.
(b) He was hired to find the mole with the Reign of Terror investigation.
(c) He was hired as a bodyguard for Tom White.
(d) He was hired to conceal Bryan's whereabouts on the night of Anna's murder.

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

4. 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) Lynchings.
(d) Gambling on reservation lands.

5. In what year were warrants issued for William Hale and Ernest Burkhart's arrests in the murders of Bill Smith, Rita Smith, and Nettie Brookshire?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1926.

6. When William Hale tried to take out an insurance policy on Henry Roan, he was told that he could only do so if what condition were true?
(a) If Henry Roan owed William Hale a great deal of money.
(b) If Henry Roan divorced his wife.
(c) If Henry Roan were declared to be restricted.
(d) If William Hale paid the policy premiums.

7. Which two people did Bill Smith name as his only two enemies as he lay upon his deathbed?
(a) Rita Smith and Mollie Burkhart.
(b) George Bigheart and William Hale.
(c) Ernest Burkhart and George Bigheart.
(d) William Hale and Ernest Burkhart.

8. What was Mollie's response when the attorney assisting the prosecution asked her if she loved her husband?
(a) Yes.
(b) A little.
(c) No.
(d) Never again.

9. 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) Theft.
(b) Assault.
(c) Perjury.
(d) Witness tampering.

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

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

12. What expected revelation was made the day after Ernest's private conversations with another man's lawyers?
(a) Mollie Burkhart had gone missing.
(b) Ernest had committed suicide.
(c) Ernest had withdrawn his offer to testify for the state and would now testify for the defense.
(d) William Hale had changed his plea.

13. How does the author describe William Hale's manner immediately after Tom White had detailed the overwhelming evidence incriminating William Hale in several murders?
(a) Detached.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Unperturbed.
(d) Preoccupied.

14. To what event did the euphemism "necktie party" (139) refer?
(a) Legal hangings.
(b) Lynchings.
(c) Communal dinners.
(d) Black tie affairs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Tom White when his mother died?

2. Where did Tom White have to travel in order to interview Burt Lawson about the Osage murders?

3. In what town were John Ramsey and William Hale tried for murder?

4. Who lit the fuse to the bomb under the Smiths' home?

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

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