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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Mollie Burkhart.
(d) Asa Kirby.

2. What expected revelation was made the day after Ernest's private conversations with another man's lawyers?
(a) Ernest had withdrawn his offer to testify for the state and would now testify for the defense.
(b) William Hale had changed his plea.
(c) Ernest had committed suicide.
(d) Mollie Burkhart had gone missing.

3. What was William Hale's reaction to the judge's ruling that the case could be adjudicated only in state court?
(a) He smirked at Mollie Burkhart.
(b) He screamed obscenities at the judge.
(c) He celebrated.
(d) He burst into tears.

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

5. At the start of William Hale and John Ramsey's trial, who does William Hale's lawyer ask to have ejected from the courtroom?
(a) Asa Kirby.
(b) Ernest Burkhart.
(c) Mollie Burkhart.
(d) Tom White.

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

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

8. 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 needed the money to pay off gambling debts.
(b) He found out that an Osage man had been having an affair with his wife.
(c) 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.
(d) He was arrested and an attempt on his life was made inside the jail.

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

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

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

12. To what event did the euphemism "necktie party" (139) refer?
(a) Legal hangings.
(b) Lynchings.
(c) Black tie affairs.
(d) Communal dinners.

13. When Ernest Burkhart decided to tell the whole truth, how did he escape from his uncle's control?
(a) He decided to represent himself.
(b) He requested to be placed in a different jail than his uncle.
(c) He hired a hitman to kill his uncle.
(d) He fired the lawyers that his uncle had hired for him.

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

15. William Hale once said, "I, like many other good men, believed it would be only a short time until Congress would pass a law" (160) that permitted what practice?
(a) Lynchings.
(b) Gambling on reservation lands.
(c) Alcohol sales on reservation lands.
(d) The sale of headrights.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that when William Hale turned himself in to Sheriff Freas, he looked as if he were going where?

2. How much insurance money was collected upon the burning of William Hale's fields?

3. What was NOT one of the categories assessed on the Bureau of Investigation's Efficiency Rating sheets?

4. To whom did Anna Brown bequeath nearly all her wealth upon her death?

5. A government study estimated that prior to 1925, how much money had been stolen from adult Osage wards by their appointed white guardians?

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