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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. Tom White was told by Mollie's priest that she sent him a secret message stating what?

2. In what organization did Tom White enlist when he was 24?

3. Before joining the Justice Department, J. Edgar Hoover had been a clerk at what location?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tom White's investigation into the system of Osage guardianship reveal?

2. What evidence does the author provide to support his claim that Tom White "was feeling pressure not just from Hoover" (171)?

3. What did the Osage man mean when he told a reporter, "Tell everybody, when you write your story, that they're scalping our souls out here" (156)?

4. To whom does Chapter 13's title refer in its moniker A Traitor to His Blood?

5. When William Hale responded to John Ramsey's panic at being tried for the murder of Henry Roan, what did William Hale say to reassure him?

6. What was Tom White's reaction to discovering that so many possible witnesses could no longer testify because they were dead?

7. What does the author consider to be the most damning evidence that Mollie's illness was being caused by poison?

8. What is the meaning of the title of Chapter 12, A Wilderness of Mirrors?

9. How did Tom White release the pent-up frustration created by his investigation of William Hale's involvement in the Osage murders?

10. What turned out to be the true events leading up to the bombing of the Smiths' home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the theme of betrayal emerge throughout the course of the book Killer of the Flower Moon?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss David Grann's decision to include a variety of photographs within the text. What purpose did he have when choosing and including these images? Back up your strong, specific claim about the author's use of photographs with concrete details from the images he includes in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Trace the character arc of William Hale provided by the author. How does the author go about showing the evil duplicity present within William Hale's character and his power to harm those whose monies he coveted without being punished for his heinous acts?

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