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. How much did Ernest Burkhart offer to pay Burt Lawson for murdering Bill Smith?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $25,000.

2. Who served as a guardian to both Anna and Lizzie before their deaths?
(a) David Shoun.
(b) William Hale.
(c) Ernest Burkhart.
(d) Scott Mathis.

3. 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)
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

4. What quality of the land convinced the Osage chief Wah-Ti-An-Kah and others in the tribe to purchase it as their new homeland?
(a) It was lush and verdant, so the tribe could practice agriculture.
(b) It was oil-rich.
(c) It was large enough to accommodate the tribe's biannual buffalo hunts.
(d) It was rocky and infertile, so white settlers would leave the tribe alone.

5. Just before W.W. Vaughn left his house for the last time, to whom did he give information about hidden evidence and money?
(a) His servant.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) His brother.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Tom White and the prosecutors work in order to keep William Hale and John Ramsey behind bars by filing state charges against them for the bombing murders?

2. How old was Tom White when he watched his father execute a criminal?

3. Even though Burt Lawson turned down Ernest Burkhart's offer twice, what caused him to finally relent and agree to bomb Bill Smith's house?

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

5. Who was the sitting U.S. president when the Louisiana Purchase was enacted?

(see the answer key)

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