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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. Mollie's brother-in-law Bill Smith was convinced that Lizzie had actually died due to what cause?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Poisoning.
(d) Suffocation.

2. What was W.W. Vaughn's answer when the sheriff asked him if he knew who had killed George Bigheart?
(a) He said that he had narrowed it down to two suspects.
(b) He said that he had no idea.
(c) He said that he knew that and more.
(d) He said that he not only knew, but that he had had custody of the murderer.

3. How old was Henry Roan at the time of his murder?
(a) 51.
(b) 24.
(c) 34.
(d) 40.

4. How old was Minnie when she died?
(a) 45.
(b) 27.
(c) 32.
(d) 21.

5. What did the sheriff of Osage County do once he was notified that Anna's body had been found?
(a) He called the FBI.
(b) He notified Anna's family about the discovery of her body.
(c) He went to the scene to take photographs.
(d) He sent one of his deputies to collect evidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Within how many years of the Louisiana Purchase were the Osage forced by the U.S. government to "relinquish their territory between the Arkansas River and the Missouri River" (37)?

2. In what decade did the U.S. government forcibly move the Osage tribe from their land in Kansas?

3. What sentence did Henry Grammer receive after he "gunned down a sheepshearer" (87) in Montana in 1904?

4. Who was Mollie's appointed financial guardian?

5. With whom was Anna riding in a car the final time Mollie saw Anna alive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the Osage people depicted in the media?

2. 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)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do the actions of Operative No. 46 demonstrate the author's claim that "this was what Sherlock Holmes stories left out--the tedium of real detective work, the false leads and dead ends" (61)?

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