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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. Soon after the grand jury proceedings against William Hale began, one of his "cronies" (200), who also happened to be a pastor, was charged with committing what crime?
(a) Assault.
(b) Witness tampering.
(c) Theft.
(d) Perjury.

2. 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 become frozen with fear.
(b) He said he had gone to the bar to celebrate.
(c) He said he had succumbed to a nervous breakdown.
(d) He said he had gone home and had eaten supper.

3. What was NOT one of the categories assessed on the Bureau of Investigation's Efficiency Rating sheets?
(a) Personal Appearance.
(b) Fairness.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Knowledge.

4. To whom did Anna Brown bequeath nearly all her wealth upon her death?
(a) Her daughter Anna.
(b) Her sister Mollie.
(c) Her sister Minnie.
(d) Her mother Lizzie.

5. With whose lawyers did Ernest Burkhart enter the judge's chambers for a private conversation, much to the dismay of the prosecution?
(a) John Ramsey's lawyers.
(b) Bryan Burkhart's lawyers.
(c) Asa Kirby's lawyers.
(d) William Hale's lawyers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was NOT among the people Bill Smith met with in the hospital shortly before his death, when he asked the nurse to leave the room?

2. In what year did Tom White become a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation?

3. When Ernest Burkhart decided to tell the whole truth, how did he escape from his uncle's control?

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

5. What was William Hale's reaction to the judge's ruling that the case could be adjudicated only in state court?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What evidence does the author provide to support his claim that Tom White "was feeling pressure not just from Hoover" (171)?

3. To whom does Chapter 13's title refer in its moniker A Traitor to His Blood?

4. What is the meaning of the title of Chapter 12, A Wilderness of Mirrors?

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

6. The author surmises that if widely circulated rumors are true, then Hale had killed his own unborn baby. What were these conditions?

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

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

9. 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?

10. How were the Texas Rangers viewed differently by white Texans than they were viewed by people of color?

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