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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first person to suspect that Lizzie had been murdered using poison?
(a) Bill Smith.
(b) Charles Whitehorn.
(c) Tom White.
(d) Rita Smith.

2. How old was Mollie's daughter Anna when she mysteriously died?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

3. When the undercover operative talked to the worker at the Fairfax gas station, who did she name as controlling all aspects of life in the area?
(a) David Shoun.
(b) William Hale.
(c) Ernest Burkhart.
(d) Tom White.

4. What philosophy of thinking did J. Edgar Hoover adopt in the creation of his overhauled Bureau of Investigation?
(a) Populism.
(b) Collectivism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Progressivism.

5. In what famous murder case were handwriting and document analysis first instrumentally used?
(a) Jack the Ripper.
(b) H.H. Holmes.
(c) The Boston Strangler.
(d) Leopold and Loeb.

6. Tom White discovered that the Shoun brothers had been giving Mollie injections that were supposed to contain what substance?
(a) Smallpox vaccinations.
(b) Insulin.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Vitamin B.

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

8. Before joining the Justice Department, J. Edgar Hoover had been a clerk at what location?
(a) The Library of Congress.
(b) The Treasury Department.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) The Department of Transportation.

9. 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) Perjury.
(b) Witness tampering.
(c) Theft.
(d) Assault.

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 was arrested and was visited by William Hale, who promised legal assistance as long as Burt Lawson agreed to bomb Bill Smith's house.
(b) He needed the money to pay off gambling debts.
(c) He was arrested and an attempt on his life was made inside the jail.
(d) He found out that an Osage man had been having an affair with his wife.

11. When Ernest Burkhart finally decided to talk, who did he demand to speak to during his confession?
(a) Sheriff Freas.
(b) Tom White.
(c) Mollie Burkhart.
(d) J. Edgar Hoover.

12. To whom did Anna Brown bequeath nearly all her wealth upon her death?
(a) Her mother Lizzie.
(b) Her daughter Anna.
(c) Her sister Minnie.
(d) Her sister Mollie.

13. How old was Tom White when his mother died?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 6.

14. Where did Tom White have to travel in order to interview Burt Lawson about the Osage murders?
(a) To Utah.
(b) To the Dominican Republic.
(c) To the McAlester state penitentiary.
(d) To Colorado.

15. In what organization did Tom White enlist when he was 24?
(a) The Texas Rangers.
(b) The Masons.
(c) The Anti-Indian Militia.
(d) The Daughters of the American Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mollie's response when the attorney assisting the prosecution asked her if she loved her husband?

2. Al Spencer told Tom White that William Hale had once offered him $2,000 to kill which two people?

3. At what type of establishment did authorities arrest Ernest Burkhart once a warrant was issued for his arrest?

4. Who did Bill Smith name as the executor of his slain wife Rita's will as he lay upon his deathbed?

5. When William Hale tried to take out an insurance policy on Henry Roan, he was told that he could only do so if what condition were true?

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