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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. Before joining the Justice Department, J. Edgar Hoover had been a clerk at what location?
(a) The Library of Congress.
(b) The Treasury Department.
(c) The Department of Transportation.
(d) The Smithsonian.

2. When Ernest Burkhart decided to tell the whole truth, how did he escape from his uncle's control?
(a) He requested to be placed in a different jail than his uncle.
(b) He hired a hitman to kill his uncle.
(c) He fired the lawyers that his uncle had hired for him.
(d) He decided to represent himself.

3. What was Kelsie Morrison's answer when he was asked what he had done directly after shooting Anna in the head?
(a) He said he had gone home and had eaten supper.
(b) He said he had gone to the bar to celebrate.
(c) He said he had succumbed to a nervous breakdown.
(d) He said he had become frozen with fear.

4. In what year did Mollie and Henry marry?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1913.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whose lawyers did Ernest Burkhart enter the judge's chambers for a private conversation, much to the dismay of the prosecution?

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

3. At what type of establishment did authorities arrest Ernest Burkhart once a warrant was issued for his arrest?

4. What promise did William Hale make to Mollie after the bombing of Bill and Rita Smith's home, resulting in their murders?

5. How much did Ernest Burkhart offer to pay Burt Lawson for murdering Bill Smith?

(see the answer key)

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