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

2. Who was Mollie's appointed financial guardian?
(a) Ernest Burkhart.
(b) Bill Smith.
(c) Bryan Burkhart.
(d) William Hale.

3. How many times per year were Osage land auctions held?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. In what year did Mollie and Henry marry?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1912.

5. Who was listed as the beneficiary on Henry Roan's $25,000 life insurance policy?
(a) William Hale.
(b) Tom White.
(c) Ernest Burkhart.
(d) Cynthia Roan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method was used by Henry Roan's murderer?

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

3. The last person to be seen with Anna Brown the night she disappeared said that he saw her last when he completed what action?

4. What did the sheriff of Osage County do once he was notified that Anna's body had been found?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author note as the cause of Mollie falling in love with Ernest?

2. 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?

3. How did the acting sheriff of Osage County, Harve M. Freas, react to the news of Anna's murder and what is the significance of his reaction?

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

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

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

7. What is the meaning of the book's title, Killers of the Flower Moon?

8. To whom does Chronicle Two's title The Evidence Man refer and how does its title set up a comparison between Mollie and the "evidence" man (101)?

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

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

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