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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is NOT one role the author names when describing Henry Grammer?
2. In what year did Tom White join the Bureau of Investigation?
3. How long after Barney McBride's murder was Henry Roan's body found?
4. In what month and year did the justice of the peace close his inquiries into Anna's murder?
5. What caused the justice of the peace to stop convening inquests into the latest Osage murders in 1923?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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)?
2. 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?
3. How is the theme of racism inherent in the appointment of financial guardians to some Osage people?
4. 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?
5. Describe the racism inherent in the assignment of guardians to the Osage people subsequent to the discovery of oil beneath reservation land.
6. 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?
7. Describe the scenes of the auctions of Osage leases that happened four times a year and were overseen by the Department of the Interior?
8. How does Mollie's life and personality change as a result of the Osage Reign of Terror?
9. How does the theme of the fight against oppression emerge within John Palmer's interactions with Charles Curtis?
10. What types of details are revealed about Bill Smith that lead the reader to think that he may have been involved in Anna's murder?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of corruption within the book Killers of the Flower Moon. What is Grann telling the reader about the nature of corruption, about the harm that it can inflict, and about the methods people can use to combat corruption?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the respective symbolism of Ernest Burkhart and William Hale across the events of the narrative.
Essay Topic 3
Choose a symbolic object from the book Killers of the Flower Moon, such as the Million Dollar Elm, the 'fraid lights, or Anna's purse, and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.
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