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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Restricted Osage tribe members.
(b) Unrestricted Osage tribe members.
(c) The white outlaws of the Osage Hills.
(d) The guardians of the restricted Osage tribe members.

3. What event resulted in putting a stop to the campaign to fire Tom White and his men?
(a) Ernest Burkhart made a full confession.
(b) The governor of Oklahoma was assassinated.
(c) J. Edgar Hoover was given a commendation by the U.S. government.
(d) Tom White was killed in the line of duty.

4. In what town were John Ramsey and William Hale tried for murder?
(a) Hooet.
(b) Whizbang.
(c) Apalachicola.
(d) Pawhuska.

5. What was Mollie's response when the attorney assisting the prosecution asked her if she loved her husband?
(a) Yes.
(b) Never again.
(c) A little.
(d) No.

6. As a last resort before William Hale would be released, who did Tom White have transported to Guthrie without J. Edgar Hoover's knowledge?
(a) W.W. Vaughn.
(b) Blackie Thompson.
(c) Henry Grammer.
(d) Ernest Burkhart.

7. Which one of Tom White's brothers was gunned down when he went to arrest a pair of deserters in East Texas?
(a) N.P.
(b) Doc.
(c) Coley.
(d) Dudley.

8. Al Spencer told Tom White that William Hale had once offered him $2,000 to kill which two people?
(a) Mollie and Ernest Burkhart.
(b) Dick Gregg and Bryan Burkhart.
(c) Bill and Anna Smith.
(d) W.W. Vaughn and Barney McBride.

9. 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 dropped it on the ground and broke it.
(c) She needed a gift to bring to her neighbor, so she gave it away.
(d) She was afraid it was poisoned.

10. What was NOT one of the categories assessed on the Bureau of Investigation's Efficiency Rating sheets?
(a) Personal Appearance.
(b) Fairness.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Knowledge.

11. How much insurance money was collected upon the burning of William Hale's fields?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $15,000.
(c) $30,000.
(d) $50,000.

12. When Tom White married in 1908, whom did he marry?
(a) Bessie Patterson.
(b) Rita Smith.
(c) Anna Brown.
(d) Martha Mattingly.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Tom White when his mother died?

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

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

4. At the start of William Hale and John Ramsey's trial, who does William Hale's lawyer ask to have ejected from the courtroom?

5. Who hired a hitman to murder Katherine Cole, Kelsie Morrison's former wife, "who was Osage and had agreed to testify for the prosecution" (200)?

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