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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. To what event did the euphemism "necktie party" (139) refer?
(a) Lynchings.
(b) Black tie affairs.
(c) Legal hangings.
(d) Communal dinners.

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

3. What was Mollie's response when the attorney assisting the prosecution asked her if she loved her husband?
(a) No.
(b) Never again.
(c) Yes.
(d) A little.

4. When William Hale told an ally that there was only one witness he was afraid of, whom did he name?
(a) Henry Grammer.
(b) Mollie Burkhart.
(c) Ernest Burkhart.
(d) Asa Kirby.

5. What happened to prevent the hired gunman from killing Katherine Cole?
(a) He disappeared.
(b) He was shot.
(c) William Hale stabbed him to death.
(d) He decided not to go through with it and then told the police about the plot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town were John Ramsey and William Hale tried for murder?

2. A government study estimated that prior to 1925, how much money had been stolen from adult Osage wards by their appointed white guardians?

3. What fact made the authorities certain that W.W. Vaughn's disappearance from his train was the result of foul play?

4. William Hale once said, "I, like many other good men, believed it would be only a short time until Congress would pass a law" (160) that permitted what practice?

5. How old was Tom White when he watched his father execute a criminal?

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