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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 caliber pistol was used to kill both Charles Whitehorn and Anna Brown?
(a) .32.
(b) .357.
(c) .22.
(d) .45

2. What prompted Tom White to come to Washington, D.C.?
(a) He was interested in pursuing a political career.
(b) Sheriff Freas summoned him.
(c) J. Edgar Hoover summoned him.
(d) He tracked the murderer to the area.

3. What Biblical reference did a government inspector make during his plea to Congress asking them to take greater control over the Osage people and their money?
(a) Sodom and Gomorrah.
(b) David and Goliath.
(c) Samson and Delilah.
(d) Cain and Abel.

4. Who was the only one to survive the bombing of the Smiths' home, but only lived for four days?
(a) Rita Smith.
(b) Bill Smith.
(c) Mollie Burkhart.
(d) Nettie Brookshire.

5. Who served as a pallbearer at both Anna's and Henry's funerals?
(a) William Hale.
(b) Rita Smith.
(c) Bill Smith.
(d) Tom White.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a new law was enacted that deemed Osage people with guardians as "restricted" (79) from that point forward, what did that mean about their situation?

2. In what month and year did the justice of the peace close his inquiries into Anna's murder?

3. How old was Mollie when she married Henry Roan in what was likely an arranged marriage?

4. How many children did Henry Roan have at the time of his murder?

5. Under what natural feature did the auctioneer stand when conducting the Osage land auctions?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What attempts did Bill and Rita Smith make to keep themselves safe from the rash of murders happening among the Osage?

4. How is the theme of racism inherent in the appointment of financial guardians to some Osage people?

5. What details does the author use to portray Tom White's character and how is Tom White compared to Mollie Burkhart?

6. How does the theme of the fight against oppression emerge within John Palmer's interactions with Charles Curtis?

7. What is the subject of the quote used to begin Chronicle Two: The Evidence Man and what is his purpose for using it?

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

9. What is the author's purpose for including a before picture and an after picture of Bill and Rita Smith's house within the text?

10. Why is it a revelation to the reader when the author states, "Many Osage had come to believe that local authorities were colluding with the killers" (92)?

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