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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Mollie's appointed financial guardian?
(a) William Hale.
(b) Ernest Burkhart.
(c) Bill Smith.
(d) Bryan Burkhart.

2. The Osage refer to which month as "the time of the flower-killing moon" (5)?
(a) October.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) May.

3. In which settlement did Mollie and her family live within the Osage reservation?
(a) Sutpen.
(b) Whizbang.
(c) Pawhuska.
(d) Gray Horse.

4. Under what natural feature did the auctioneer stand when conducting the Osage land auctions?
(a) A tree.
(b) A sandstone cliff.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A rock bridge.

5. In what year was the law enacted that deemed Osage people with financial guardians as "restricted" (79)?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1917.

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

7. In what year did Tom White join the Bureau of Investigation?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1928.

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

9. 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) William Hale.
(b) Tom White.
(c) Mollie Burkhart.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

10. Mollie stated that the last time she had seen Anna, it was at what time of day?
(a) Sundown.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Noon.

11. What decade was a writer of the age referring to when calling it "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history" (77)?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1870s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1890s.

12. The text states that the Osage tribe took in more than $30 million in what year?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1931.

13. How many children did Henry Roan have at the time of his murder?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

14. Who served as a pallbearer at both Anna's and Henry's funerals?
(a) William Hale.
(b) Bill Smith.
(c) Rita Smith.
(d) Tom White.

15. Who was the sitting U.S. president when the Louisiana Purchase was enacted?
(a) George Washington.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just before W.W. Vaughn left his house for the last time, to whom did he give information about hidden evidence and money?

2. What was Anna's late sister's official cause of death?

3. With whom was Anna riding in a car the final time Mollie saw Anna alive?

4. The text states that American lawmen in the 1920s "were then still largely" (19) what?

5. How many days did the Schoun brothers determine had passed between the time of Anna's murder and the finding of her body?

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