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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. Who was the only one to survive the bombing of the Smiths' home, but only lived for four days?
(a) Rita Smith.
(b) Mollie Burkhart.
(c) Nettie Brookshire.
(d) Bill Smith.

2. What fact made the authorities certain that W.W. Vaughn's disappearance from his train was the result of foul play?
(a) Poison residue was found in his drink glass.
(b) A ransom note was left on his train seat.
(c) W.W. Vaughn's luggage was still on the train.
(d) There was broken glass and blood on his train seat.

3. The text states that American lawmen in the 1920s "were then still largely" (19) what?
(a) Inept.
(b) Vigilantes.
(c) Corrupt.
(d) Amateurs.

4. 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) James Shoun.
(b) David Shoun.
(c) William Hale.
(d) His lawyer.

5. How old was Minnie when she died?
(a) 21.
(b) 27.
(c) 32.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Harve M. Freas was the sheriff of what county at the time of Anna's death?

3. What sentence did Henry Grammer receive after he "gunned down a sheepshearer" (87) in Montana in 1904?

4. Before joining the Justice Department, J. Edgar Hoover had been a clerk at what location?

5. Who testified in defense of the Osage people at a Congressional hearing, arguing "that the government should not be dictating the Osage's financial decisions" (79)?

(see the answer key)

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