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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. 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?
(a) They could not marry white spouses.
(b) They could not shop in stores outside of the reservation.
(c) They could not have access to cash.
(d) They could not spend more than a few thousand dollars annually.

2. 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.

3. 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)?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) William Hale.
(c) Tom White.
(d) Mollie Burkhart.

4. Lots at the Osage land auction were never sold for less than what sum of money?
(a) $500.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $2,500.

5. To what state did H.G. Burt abruptly move once the bureau's investigation of the Osage murders was underway?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Utah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality nearly always led an Osage person to be appointed a white financial guardian?

2. What happened after Bill Smith confided in several people that he was getting somewhere with his detective work?

3. About what crime did Ernest forever claim to have had no prior knowledge?

4. How old was Mollie's daughter Anna when she mysteriously died?

5. In what year did Tom White become a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation?

(see the answer key)

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