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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was determined to be the cause of Anna's death?
(a) A gunshot wound.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Asphyxiation.
(d) Poisoning.

2. Who testified in defense of the Osage people at a Congressional hearing, arguing "that the government should not be dictating the Osage's financial decisions" (79)?
(a) Tom White.
(b) Mollie Burkhart.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) William Hale.

3. What was Anna's late sister's official cause of death?
(a) Brain cancer.
(b) A wasting illness.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Pneumonia.

4. The text states that American lawmen in the 1920s "were then still largely" (19) what?
(a) Inept.
(b) Amateurs.
(c) Vigilantes.
(d) Corrupt.

5. What item of Anna's was found at the murder scene and was given to Anna's mother?
(a) A locket.
(b) A ring.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) An earring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was an action the lawmen took upon finding Anna's body?

2. In what location of Kansas were the Osage forced to settle once they had been forcibly removed from their ancestral lands in Oklahoma?

3. What decade was a writer of the age referring to when calling it "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history" (77)?

4. During what time period did police departments emerge in the United States?

5. What prompted Tom White to come to Washington, D.C.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in the 1870s that eventually resulted in great wealth for the Osage people?

2. What details does the author reveal about Henry Roan and what is his purpose for revealing these particular details?

3. What evidence does the author use to support his claim that "It wasn't only the federal government that was meddling in the tribe's financial affairs" (80)?

4. Why were the people of the Osage tribe already on high alert by the time Anna disappeared?

5. Describe the racism inherent in the assignment of guardians to the Osage people subsequent to the discovery of oil beneath reservation land.

6. Characterize the relationship among Mollie, Lizzie and Anna.

7. Describe the scenes of the auctions of Osage leases that happened four times a year and were overseen by the Department of the Interior?

8. Though William J. Burns was revered for his investigation skills, even being given the nickname of "America's Sherlock Holmes" (63) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, what evidence does the author provide that points to his lack of integrity?

9. How does Mollie's life and personality change as a result of the Osage Reign of Terror?

10. What is the symbolism of Anna's alligator purse?

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