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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The text states that the Osage tribe took in more than $30 million in what year?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1931.

2. What was determined to be the cause of Anna's death?
(a) A gunshot wound.
(b) Poisoning.
(c) Asphyxiation.
(d) Pneumonia.

3. Who created the Bureau of Investigation, "hoping to fill the void in federal law enforcement" (105)?
(a) President James Garfield.
(b) Tom White.
(c) J. Edgar Hoover.
(d) President Theodore Roosevelt.

4. Harve M. Freas was the sheriff of what county at the time of Anna's death?
(a) Canadian County.
(b) Osage County.
(c) Okfuskee County.
(d) Roger Mills County.

5. In which settlement did Mollie and her family live within the Osage reservation?
(a) Sutpen.
(b) Gray Horse.
(c) Pawhuska.
(d) Whizbang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was W.W. Vaughn's answer when the sheriff asked him if he knew who had killed George Bigheart?

2. What decade was a writer of the age referring to when calling it "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history" (77)?

3. What caliber pistol was used to kill both Charles Whitehorn and Anna Brown?

4. How long after Anna's murder did her mother Lizzie die of a "peculiar wasting illness" (35)?

5. What was the name of Mollie's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Though William J. Burns was revered for his investigation skills, even being given the nickname of "America's Sherlock Holmes" (63) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, what evidence does the author provide that points to his lack of integrity?

2. What does the author note as the cause of Mollie falling in love with Ernest?

3. What is the subject of the quote used to begin Chronicle Two: The Evidence Man and what is his purpose for using it?

4. What happened in the 1870s that eventually resulted in great wealth for the Osage people?

5. How do the actions of Operative No. 46 demonstrate the author's claim that "this was what Sherlock Holmes stories left out--the tedium of real detective work, the false leads and dead ends" (61)?

6. How did the acting sheriff of Osage County, Harve M. Freas, react to the news of Anna's murder and what is the significance of his reaction?

7. What details does the author use to portray Tom White's character and how is Tom White compared to Mollie Burkhart?

8. Why is it a revelation to the reader when the author states, "Many Osage had come to believe that local authorities were colluding with the killers" (92)?

9. How is the theme of racism inherent in the appointment of financial guardians to some Osage people?

10. What types of details are revealed about Bill Smith that lead the reader to think that he may have been involved in Anna's murder?

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