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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pike, the private detective from Kansas, revealed that he had not really been hired to solve Anna's murder, what did he reveal his true purpose to be?
(a) He was hired to kill Kelsie Morrison.
(b) He was hired to find the mole with the Reign of Terror investigation.
(c) He was hired as a bodyguard for Tom White.
(d) He was hired to conceal Bryan's whereabouts on the night of Anna's murder.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What is NOT one thing Mollie said in defense of her husband Ernest at the time of his arrest?
(a) Ernest had loved Anna too much to have killed her.
(b) Ernest would not hurt anyone.
(c) Ernest is a good and kind man.
(d) Ernest would not hurt Mollie under any circumstances.

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

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

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

9. John Ramsey denied involvement in the murder of Henry Roan until he was shown what document?
(a) His wife's signed confession.
(b) The warrant for his arrest.
(c) Ernest Burkhart's signed confession.
(d) The arrest warrants for his mother and brother.

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

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(c) Ernest had withdrawn his offer to testify for the state and would now testify for the defense.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

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

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

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

15. How much did Ernest Burkhart offer to pay Burt Lawson for murdering Bill Smith?
(a) $50,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $25,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Tom White when he watched his father execute a criminal?

2. 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?

3. Who lit the fuse to the bomb under the Smiths' home?

4. 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?

5. Tom White discovered that the Shoun brothers had been giving Mollie injections that were supposed to contain what substance?

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