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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) $25,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $50,000.

2. The text states that which person was "revered as the 'King of the Osage Hills'" (29)?
(a) Herve Freas.
(b) Charles Whitehorn.
(c) William Hale.
(d) Ernest Burkhart.

3. What was determined to be the cause of Anna's death?
(a) Asphyxiation.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) A gunshot wound.
(d) Poisoning.

4. In what year was the Louisiana Purchase enacted, "which contained lands dominated by the Osage" (37)?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1816.
(d) 1803.

5. In what famous murder case were handwriting and document analysis first instrumentally used?
(a) Leopold and Loeb.
(b) Jack the Ripper.
(c) H.H. Holmes.
(d) The Boston Strangler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the last person who had to die before Ernest Burkhart would control all of his wife's family's headrights?

2. Mollie's brother-in-law Bill Smith was convinced that Lizzie had actually died due to what cause?

3. Who was the first person to suspect that Lizzie had been murdered using poison?

4. When a new law was enacted that deemed Osage people with guardians as "restricted" (79) from that point forward, what did that mean about their situation?

5. Which two people did Bill Smith name as his only two enemies as he lay upon his deathbed?

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