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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. Tom White was told by Mollie's priest that she sent him a secret message stating what?
(a) That she wanted to return to church.
(b) That she wished to be given last rites in case anything happened to her.
(c) That she was afraid someone was trying to poison her.
(d) That she wanted permission to annul her marriage to Ernest.

2. As a last resort before William Hale would be released, who did Tom White have transported to Guthrie without J. Edgar Hoover's knowledge?
(a) Blackie Thompson.
(b) W.W. Vaughn.
(c) Ernest Burkhart.
(d) Henry Grammer.

3. Who did Bill Smith name as the executor of his slain wife Rita's will as he lay upon his deathbed?
(a) Mollie Burkhart.
(b) William Hale.
(c) David Shoun.
(d) James Shoun.

4. In what year did Tom White become a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1907.

5. What was Mollie's response when the attorney assisting the prosecution asked her if she loved her husband?
(a) No.
(b) A little.
(c) Never again.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changed William Hale's initial reaction to the news that his case would have to be tried in state court?

2. In 1926, Ernest Burkhart was sentenced to what punishment for his crimes?

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

4. In what town were John Ramsey and William Hale tried for murder?

5. How old was Tom White when his mother died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the media portray Mollie Burkhart during the trial of Ernest Burkhart and William Hale?

3. What emotions did Tom White feel upon beginning his interrogation of William Hale?

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

5. What did Tom White's investigation into the system of Osage guardianship reveal?

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

7. 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?

8. What does the author mean when he describes Mollie Burkhart during the trial, saying that she was "cast out from the two worlds that she'd always straddled" (202)?

9. What did the Osage man mean when he told a reporter, "Tell everybody, when you write your story, that they're scalping our souls out here" (156)?

10. What does the author consider to be the most damning evidence that Mollie's illness was being caused by poison?

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