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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Tom White was killed in the line of duty.
(c) The governor of Oklahoma was assassinated.
(d) J. Edgar Hoover was given a commendation by the U.S. government.

2. What method did Tom White's father use to execute a criminal while his son Tom White watched?
(a) Stoning.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Electrocution.
(d) Guillotine.

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

4. 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)?
(a) Sheriff Freas.
(b) Henry Grammer.
(c) Kelsie Morrison.
(d) Henry Roan.

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

6. Whom did Ernest Burkhart name as the murderer of Henry Roan?
(a) Asa Kirby.
(b) Henry Grammer.
(c) John Ramsey.
(d) William Hale.

7. Who did Pike claim had hired him to perform his required task?
(a) Ernest Burkhart.
(b) J. Edgar Hoover.
(c) Tom White.
(d) William Hale.

8. When William Hale told an ally that there was only one witness he was afraid of, whom did he name?
(a) Henry Grammer.
(b) Ernest Burkhart.
(c) Asa Kirby.
(d) Mollie Burkhart.

9. A government study estimated that prior to 1925, how much money had been stolen from adult Osage wards by their appointed white guardians?
(a) $3,500,000.
(b) $8,000,000.
(c) $2,000,000.
(d) $18,000,000.

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

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

12. What outrageous claim did William Hale make when he testified on his own behalf?
(a) He claimed that Henry Roan had committed suicide.
(b) He claimed that his answers would incriminate him.
(c) He claimed that Ernest Burkhart was jealous of him and wanted to steal William Hale's wife.
(d) He claimed that Tom White and his agents had brutally coerced his confession from him using torture.

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

14. Whose headright had William Hale tried to purchase prior to the owner's death?
(a) W.W. Vaughn.
(b) Charles Whitehorn.
(c) Henry Roan.
(d) Rita Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the last person who had to die before Ernest Burkhart would control all of his wife's family's headrights?

2. In 1926, Ernest Burkhart was sentenced to what punishment for his crimes?

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

4. When Ernest Burkhart decided to tell the whole truth, how did he escape from his uncle's control?

5. Which two people did Bill Smith name as his only two enemies as he lay upon his deathbed?

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