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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did the Schoun brothers determine had passed between the time of Anna's murder and the finding of her body?
(a) Twenty-four to thirty-six hours.
(b) Five to seven days.
(c) Nine to eleven days.
(d) Three to five days.

2. Anna's funeral was composed of a mix between Osage traditions and what other traditions?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Celtic.

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

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

5. Who did Henry Roan consider to be his best friend?
(a) Tom White.
(b) Ernest Burkhart.
(c) William Hale.
(d) Bryan Burkhart.

6. With whom was Anna riding in a car the final time Mollie saw Anna alive?
(a) Bryan Burkhart.
(b) William Hale.
(c) Charles Whitehorn.
(d) Ernest Burkhart.

7. What item of Anna's was found at the murder scene and was given to Anna's mother?
(a) A ring.
(b) A locket.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) An earring.

8. What quality nearly always led an Osage person to be appointed a white financial guardian?
(a) Physical disability.
(b) The lack of white ancestry.
(c) Lack of official enrollment in the tribe.
(d) A history of mental illness.

9. What item did Mollie and her family place within Anna's coffin on the day of her funeral, in keeping with Osage beliefs?
(a) Silver.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Blankets.

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

11. 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 brother.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) His wife.
(d) His servant.

12. How many times per year were Osage land auctions held?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

13. Within how many years of the Louisiana Purchase were the Osage forced by the U.S. government to "relinquish their territory between the Arkansas River and the Missouri River" (37)?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

14. What caused the justice of the peace to stop convening inquests into the latest Osage murders in 1923?
(a) He received anonymous threats.
(b) He lost interest in the case.
(c) He was bribed.
(d) He was murdered.

15. What sentence did Henry Grammer receive after he "gunned down a sheepshearer" (87) in Montana in 1904?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Twenty-five years.
(d) Five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only one to survive the bombing of the Smiths' home, but only lived for four days?

2. Under what natural feature did the auctioneer stand when conducting the Osage land auctions?

3. Who served as a pallbearer at both Anna's and Henry's funerals?

4. The text states that the Osage tribe took in more than $30 million in what year?

5. Who was Mollie's appointed financial guardian?

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