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

2. With whose lawyers did Ernest Burkhart enter the judge's chambers for a private conversation, much to the dismay of the prosecution?
(a) William Hale's lawyers.
(b) Asa Kirby's lawyers.
(c) John Ramsey's lawyers.
(d) Bryan Burkhart's lawyers.

3. How much insurance money was collected upon the burning of William Hale's fields?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $30,000.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $50,000.

4. William Hale once said, "I, like many other good men, believed it would be only a short time until Congress would pass a law" (160) that permitted what practice?
(a) Gambling on reservation lands.
(b) The sale of headrights.
(c) Lynchings.
(d) Alcohol sales on reservation lands.

5. How long after Barney McBride's murder was Henry Roan's body found?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. A government study estimated that prior to 1925, how much money had been stolen from adult Osage wards by their appointed white guardians?

4. To what organization did Tom White return after his brother was gunned down in East Texas?

5. When Pike, the private detective from Kansas, revealed that he had not really been hired to solve Anna's murder, what did he reveal his true purpose to be?

(see the answer key)

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