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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. What prompted Tom White to come to Washington, D.C.?
(a) Sheriff Freas summoned him.
(b) He was interested in pursuing a political career.
(c) J. Edgar Hoover summoned him.
(d) He tracked the murderer to the area.

2. When the undercover operative talked to the worker at the Fairfax gas station, who did she name as controlling all aspects of life in the area?
(a) Ernest Burkhart.
(b) Tom White.
(c) David Shoun.
(d) William Hale.

3. About what issue did Tom White and J. Edgar Hoover strongly disagree?
(a) The recognition of regional differences in agent assignments.
(b) The ways in which laymen should speak to the public.
(c) William Hale's level of involvement in the Osage murders.
(d) The trustworthiness of informers.

4. 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) Something would have to be done about it.
(b) Their lives were now worth nothing.
(c) They would soon be able to leave the country altogether.
(d) They were in danger of overstepping their bounds.

5. Who was NOT among the people Bill Smith met with in the hospital shortly before his death, when he asked the nurse to leave the room?
(a) David Shoun.
(b) His lawyer.
(c) William Hale.
(d) James Shoun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the Bureau of Investigation, "hoping to fill the void in federal law enforcement" (105)?

2. Who served as a guardian to both Anna and Lizzie before their deaths?

3. How many years before Anna's death did Mollie and Ernest get married?

4. The text states that American lawmen in the 1920s "were then still largely" (19) what?

5. Which of Mollie's sisters had died three years before the beginning of the narrative?

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