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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Tom White and the prosecutors work in order to keep William Hale and John Ramsey behind bars by filing state charges against them for the bombing murders?
(a) The Utah attorney general.
(b) The Kansas attorney general.
(c) The Oklahoma attorney general.
(d) The Colorado attorney general.

2. Who served as a guardian to both Anna and Lizzie before their deaths?
(a) Ernest Burkhart.
(b) David Shoun.
(c) William Hale.
(d) Scott Mathis.

3. How old was Tom White when he watched his father execute a criminal?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

4. What changed William Hale's initial reaction to the news that his case would have to be tried in state court?
(a) He heard his nephew Ernest Burkhart cry out.
(b) Mollie Burkhart spoke up from the back of the courtroom.
(c) Sheriff Freas arrested William Hale, this time on state charges.
(d) Tom White informed William Hale that he would only be released for a few hours.

5. In the spring of 1925, J. Edgar Hoover fired many Bureau of Investigation agents in San Francisco for what transgression?
(a) Visiting speakeasies.
(b) Smoking cigars.
(c) Engaging in extramarital affairs.
(d) Drinking liquor.

6. In what year was Tom White's father elected as county sheriff?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1901.

7. Whom did Ernest Burkhart name as Anna's murderer?
(a) Kelsie Morrison.
(b) Henry Grammer.
(c) Asa Kirby.
(d) William Hale.

8. At what type of establishment did authorities arrest Ernest Burkhart once a warrant was issued for his arrest?
(a) In a pool hall.
(b) In a library.
(c) In a park.
(d) In a church.

9. Who was the last person who had to die before Ernest Burkhart would control all of his wife's family's headrights?
(a) Bill Smith.
(b) Rita Smith.
(c) William Hale.
(d) Mollie Burkhart.

10. Even though Burt Lawson turned down Ernest Burkhart's offer twice, what caused him to finally relent and agree to bomb Bill Smith's house?
(a) He found out that an Osage man had been having an affair with his wife.
(b) He was arrested and was visited by William Hale, who promised legal assistance as long as Burt Lawson agreed to bomb Bill Smith's house.
(c) He was arrested and an attempt on his life was made inside the jail.
(d) He needed the money to pay off gambling debts.

11. Once Tom White realized that corrupt white citizens would not implicate one another, what group did he turn to next in his quest to solve the Osage murders?
(a) The guardians of the restricted Osage tribe members.
(b) Restricted Osage tribe members.
(c) The white outlaws of the Osage Hills.
(d) Unrestricted Osage tribe members.

12. Soon after the grand jury proceedings against William Hale began, one of his "cronies" (200), who also happened to be a pastor, was charged with committing what crime?
(a) Assault.
(b) Witness tampering.
(c) Perjury.
(d) Theft.

13. What reason did Henry Roan's widow give for not drinking the whiskey brought to her by William Hale?
(a) She spurned the use of alcohol.
(b) She was afraid it was poisoned.
(c) She needed a gift to bring to her neighbor, so she gave it away.
(d) She dropped it on the ground and broke it.

14. In what year did Tom White become a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1912.

15. What happened to prevent the hired gunman from killing Katherine Cole?
(a) He disappeared.
(b) He was shot.
(c) William Hale stabbed him to death.
(d) He decided not to go through with it and then told the police about the plot.

Short Answer Questions

1. When William Hale told an ally that there was only one witness he was afraid of, whom did he name?

2. Who did Pike claim had hired him to perform his required task?

3. What expected revelation was made the day after Ernest's private conversations with another man's lawyers?

4. What was Kelsie Morrison's answer when he was asked what he had done directly after shooting Anna in the head?

5. How much did Ernest Burkhart offer to pay Burt Lawson for murdering Bill Smith?

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