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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What philosophy of thinking did J. Edgar Hoover adopt in the creation of his overhauled Bureau of Investigation?
(a) Populism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Progressivism.
(d) Collectivism.

2. Who was the last person who had to die before Ernest Burkhart would control all of his wife's family's headrights?
(a) Mollie Burkhart.
(b) Rita Smith.
(c) William Hale.
(d) Bill Smith.

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

4. What changed William Hale's initial reaction to the news that his case would have to be tried in state court?
(a) He heard his nephew Ernest Burkhart cry out.
(b) Tom White informed William Hale that he would only be released for a few hours.
(c) Sheriff Freas arrested William Hale, this time on state charges.
(d) Mollie Burkhart spoke up from the back of the courtroom.

5. About what issue did Tom White and J. Edgar Hoover strongly disagree?
(a) The recognition of regional differences in agent assignments.
(b) William Hale's level of involvement in the Osage murders.
(c) The ways in which laymen should speak to the public.
(d) The trustworthiness of informers.

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

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

8. What was William Hale's reaction to the judge's ruling that the case could be adjudicated only in state court?
(a) He burst into tears.
(b) He screamed obscenities at the judge.
(c) He smirked at Mollie Burkhart.
(d) He celebrated.

9. Whose headright had William Hale tried to purchase prior to the owner's death?
(a) Rita Smith.
(b) Henry Roan.
(c) W.W. Vaughn.
(d) Charles Whitehorn.

10. What event resulted in putting a stop to the campaign to fire Tom White and his men?
(a) Tom White was killed in the line of duty.
(b) The governor of Oklahoma was assassinated.
(c) J. Edgar Hoover was given a commendation by the U.S. government.
(d) Ernest Burkhart made a full confession.

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

12. Where did Tom White have to travel in order to interview Burt Lawson about the Osage murders?
(a) To the Dominican Republic.
(b) To the McAlester state penitentiary.
(c) To Utah.
(d) To Colorado.

13. What method did Tom White's father use to execute a criminal while his son Tom White watched?
(a) Guillotine.
(b) Stoning.
(c) Electrocution.
(d) Hanging.

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

15. In the spring of 1925, J. Edgar Hoover fired many Bureau of Investigation agents in San Francisco for what transgression?
(a) Engaging in extramarital affairs.
(b) Smoking cigars.
(c) Visiting speakeasies.
(d) Drinking liquor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What expected revelation was made the day after Ernest's private conversations with another man's lawyers?

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

3. Who served as a guardian to both Anna and Lizzie before their deaths?

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

5. To what organization did Tom White return after his brother was gunned down in East Texas?

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