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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. In what year did Tom White join the Bureau of Investigation?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1936.

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?
(a) They could not spend more than a few thousand dollars annually.
(b) They could not have access to cash.
(c) They could not shop in stores outside of the reservation.
(d) They could not marry white spouses.

3. What was the name of the part-Kaw, part-Osage U.S. senator from Kansas who was then the "highest official with acknowledged Indian ancestry ever elected to office" (96)?
(a) Charles Curtis.
(b) William Hale.
(c) Tom White.
(d) John Palmer.

4. What method was used by Henry Roan's murderer?
(a) Suffocation.
(b) Strangulation.
(c) Poison.
(d) Gunfire.

5. What writer does the author quote when he writes that the age described in the narrative "was a time marked" (77) by an author who called it "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history"? (77)
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Mollie and Henry marry?

2. What is NOT one role the author names when describing Henry Grammer?

3. The Osage refer to which month as "the time of the flower-killing moon" (5)?

4. Harve M. Freas was the sheriff of what county at the time of Anna's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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