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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. With whose lawyers did Ernest Burkhart enter the judge's chambers for a private conversation, much to the dismay of the prosecution?
(a) William Hale's lawyers.
(b) Bryan Burkhart's lawyers.
(c) Asa Kirby's lawyers.
(d) John Ramsey's lawyers.

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

7. 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 Tom White and his agents had brutally coerced his confession from him using torture.
(c) He claimed that his answers would incriminate him.
(d) He claimed that Ernest Burkhart was jealous of him and wanted to steal William Hale's wife.

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

9. 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) Mollie Burkhart.
(c) Bill Smith.
(d) Rita Smith.

10. 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?
(a) The Colorado attorney general.
(b) The Oklahoma attorney general.
(c) The Utah attorney general.
(d) The Kansas attorney general.

11. About what issue did Tom White and J. Edgar Hoover strongly disagree?
(a) The ways in which laymen should speak to the public.
(b) The recognition of regional differences in agent assignments.
(c) The trustworthiness of informers.
(d) William Hale's level of involvement in the Osage murders.

12. 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?
(a) If Henry Roan divorced his wife.
(b) If Henry Roan owed William Hale a great deal of money.
(c) If Henry Roan were declared to be restricted.
(d) If William Hale paid the policy premiums.

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

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

15. Which two people did Bill Smith name as his only two enemies as he lay upon his deathbed?
(a) William Hale and Ernest Burkhart.
(b) George Bigheart and William Hale.
(c) Ernest Burkhart and George Bigheart.
(d) Rita Smith and Mollie Burkhart.

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. In what famous murder case were handwriting and document analysis first instrumentally used?

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

4. In what year was Tom White's father elected as county sheriff?

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

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