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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. 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)?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

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

3. What decade was a writer of the age referring to when calling it "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history" (77)?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1890s.
(d) The 1870s.

4. To whom did Mollie turn when the local officials expressed little interest in investigating Anna's murder?
(a) Ernest Burkhart.
(b) Tom White.
(c) Harve Freas.
(d) William Hale.

5. In what decade did the U.S. government forcibly move the Osage tribe from their land in Kansas?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1840s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1880s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was an action the lawmen took upon finding Anna's body?

2. Who was Mollie's appointed financial guardian?

3. How many days did the Schoun brothers determine had passed between the time of Anna's murder and the finding of her body?

4. What fact made the authorities certain that W.W. Vaughn's disappearance from his train was the result of foul play?

5. Just before W.W. Vaughn left his house for the last time, to whom did he give information about hidden evidence and money?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

4. 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)?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. Though William J. Burns was revered for his investigation skills, even being given the nickname of "America's Sherlock Holmes" (63) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, what evidence does the author provide that points to his lack of integrity?

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

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