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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) .22.
(c) .45
(d) .357.

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) William Hale.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Mollie Burkhart.
(d) Tom White.

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

4. When the Osage land auction record rose to nearly $14 million, a reporter remarked in an article, "The Osage Indians are becoming so rich that" (76) what?
(a) Something would have to be done about it.
(b) They were in danger of overstepping their bounds.
(c) They would soon be able to leave the country altogether.
(d) Their lives were now worth nothing.

5. What caused the justice of the peace to stop convening inquests into the latest Osage murders in 1923?
(a) He lost interest in the case.
(b) He was murdered.
(c) He received anonymous threats.
(d) He was bribed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In what state was the Osage tribe's land located in 1921 at the time of the narrative's beginning?

4. Who was Mollie's appointed financial guardian?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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)?

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

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

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

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

6. 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)?

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

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

9. 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)?

10. 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?

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