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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chronicle Three: The Reporter, Chapters 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time did Thomas Middleton actually spend in prison for his role in the murder of Mary Lewis?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 6 1/2 years.
(c) 24 years.
(d) 2 years.

2. What was Martha Vaughan's reaction to the author's findings regarding W.W. Vaughn?
(a) She murmured W.W. Vaughan's name.
(b) She sobbed.
(c) She called the local police.
(d) She shuddered.

3. During what time period did police departments emerge in the United States?
(a) In the early nineteenth century.
(b) In the late nineteenth century.
(c) In the mid-nineteenth century.
(d) In the early twentieth century.

4. As a last resort before William Hale would be released, who did Tom White have transported to Guthrie without J. Edgar Hoover's knowledge?
(a) Blackie Thompson.
(b) Henry Grammer.
(c) W.W. Vaughn.
(d) Ernest Burkhart.

5. Where was the author doing research on the Osage murders when he called Martha Vaughn?
(a) Pawhuska.
(b) Wall Drug.
(c) Oklahoma City.
(d) Topeka.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade did the U.S. government forcibly move the Osage tribe from their land in Kansas?

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

3. What action did the author had been taken by George Bigheart just prior to his murder?

4. What caused the justice of the peace to stop convening inquests into the latest Osage murders in 1923?

5. The text states that which person was "revered as the 'King of the Osage Hills'" (29)?

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