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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chronicle Two: The Evidence Man, Chapters 12-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the spring of 1925, J. Edgar Hoover fired many Bureau of Investigation agents in San Francisco for what transgression?
(a) Visiting speakeasies.
(b) Engaging in extramarital affairs.
(c) Smoking cigars.
(d) Drinking liquor.

2. What caliber pistol was used to kill both Charles Whitehorn and Anna Brown?
(a) .357.
(b) .45
(c) .22.
(d) .32.

3. J. Edgar Hoover often repeated the maxim "You either improve or" (167) do what?
(a) Disappear.
(b) Deteriorate.
(c) Fail.
(d) Disprove.

4. How many years before Anna's death did Mollie and Ernest get married?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the sheriff of Osage County do once he was notified that Anna's body had been found?

2. 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)

3. In what year did Tom White become a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation?

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 old was Mollie when she married Henry Roan in what was likely an arranged marriage?

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