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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chronicle Two: The Evidence Man, Chapters 18-21 and Chronicle Three: The Reporter, Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Osage land auction record rose to nearly $14 million, a reporter remarked in an article, "The Osage Indians are becoming so rich that" (76) what?
(a) Their lives were now worth nothing.
(b) They would soon be able to leave the country altogether.
(c) They were in danger of overstepping their bounds.
(d) Something would have to be done about it.

2. To what organization did Tom White return after his brother was gunned down in East Texas?
(a) The Bureau of Investigation.
(b) The Texas Rangers.
(c) The County Sheriff's office.
(d) The U.S. Marines.

3. Who hired a hitman to murder Katherine Cole, Kelsie Morrison's former wife, "who was Osage and had agreed to testify for the prosecution" (200)?
(a) Kelsie Morrison.
(b) Henry Roan.
(c) Sheriff Freas.
(d) Henry Grammer.

4. What decade was a writer of the age referring to when calling it "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history" (77)?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1890s.
(d) The 1870s.

5. How much insurance money was collected upon the burning of William Hale's fields?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $30,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What writer does the author quote when he writes that the age described in the narrative "was a time marked" (77) by an author who called it "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history"? (77)

2. Who testified in defense of the Osage people at a Congressional hearing, arguing "that the government should not be dictating the Osage's financial decisions" (79)?

3. What was Mollie's response when the attorney assisting the prosecution asked her if she loved her husband?

4. What was NOT one of the categories assessed on the Bureau of Investigation's Efficiency Rating sheets?

5. How many children did Henry Roan have at the time of his murder?

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