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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. How does the author describe William Hale's manner immediately after Tom White had detailed the overwhelming evidence incriminating William Hale in several murders?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Preoccupied.
(c) Unperturbed.
(d) Detached.

2. In what organization did Tom White enlist when he was 24?
(a) The Texas Rangers.
(b) The Daughters of the American Revolution.
(c) The Anti-Indian Militia.
(d) The Masons.

3. Who lit the fuse to the bomb under the Smiths' home?
(a) Ernest Burkhart.
(b) William Hale.
(c) Burt Lawson.
(d) Bryan Burkhart.

4. What philosophy of thinking did J. Edgar Hoover adopt in the creation of his overhauled Bureau of Investigation?
(a) Populism.
(b) Progressivism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Collectivism.

5. What was Kelsie Morrison's answer when he was asked what he had done directly after shooting Anna in the head?
(a) He said he had gone home and had eaten supper.
(b) He said he had gone to the bar to celebrate.
(c) He said he had become frozen with fear.
(d) He said he had succumbed to a nervous breakdown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose headright had William Hale tried to purchase prior to the owner's death?

2. William Hale once said, "I, like many other good men, believed it would be only a short time until Congress would pass a law" (160) that permitted what practice?

3. To what event did the euphemism "necktie party" (139) refer?

4. When the undercover operative talked to the worker at the Fairfax gas station, who did she name as controlling all aspects of life in the area?

5. The author states that when William Hale turned himself in to Sheriff Freas, he looked as if he were going where?

Short Essay Questions

1. When William Hale responded to John Ramsey's panic at being tried for the murder of Henry Roan, what did William Hale say to reassure him?

2. How did Tom White release the pent-up frustration created by his investigation of William Hale's involvement in the Osage murders?

3. What is the significance of the photograph in the text that depicts a roping contest from 1909?

4. What does the author mean when he describes the Shoun brothers as "seemingly ubiquitous" (158) when he discusses their involvement in Henry Roan's insurance policy dealings?

5. What was the reaction of the public to the news of how deep the conspiracy against the Osage had actually gone?

6. What turned out to be the true events leading up to the bombing of the Smiths' home?

7. How is paradox apparent within the question of which government entity had jurisdiction over the Osage murders?

8. Why did the Shoun doctors refrain from summoning the sheriff or a prosecutor in favor of summoning Bill Smith's personal attorney as Bill Smith lay upon his deathbed?

9. How was John Ramsey's confession laden with the era's racist views held by whites about Native Americans?

10. What were the reasons for William Hale's certainty that he would not be convicted of murder?

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