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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The last person to be seen with Anna Brown the night she disappeared said that he saw her last when he completed what action?

2. In what decade did the U.S. government forcibly move the Osage tribe from their land in Kansas?

3. What item of Anna's was found at the murder scene and was given to Anna's mother?

4. What quality of the land convinced the Osage chief Wah-Ti-An-Kah and others in the tribe to purchase it as their new homeland?

5. Which of Mollie's sisters had died three years before the beginning of the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What evidence does the author use to support his claim that "It wasn't only the federal government that was meddling in the tribe's financial affairs" (80)?

3. How were the Osage people depicted in the media?

4. What is the meaning of the book's title, Killers of the Flower Moon?

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

6. 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)?

7. 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)?

8. What attempts did Bill and Rita Smith make to keep themselves safe from the rash of murders happening among the Osage?

9. What is the author's purpose for including a before picture and an after picture of Bill and Rita Smith's house within the text?

10. Describe the scenes of the auctions of Osage leases that happened four times a year and were overseen by the Department of the Interior?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Grann's purpose for shifting the narration to the first person point of view throughout all of Chronicle Three: The Reporter?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the respective symbolism of Ernest Burkhart and William Hale across the events of the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of family bonds and how the theme is portrayed within the book Killers of the Flower Moon.

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