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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 happened after Bill Smith confided in several people that he was getting somewhere with his detective work?

2. What sentence did Henry Grammer receive after he "gunned down a sheepshearer" (87) in Montana in 1904?

3. In what state was the Osage tribe's land located in 1921 at the time of the narrative's beginning?

4. 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)?

5. What caused the justice of the peace to stop convening inquests into the latest Osage murders in 1923?

Short Essay Questions

1. What details does the author reveal about Henry Roan and what is his purpose for revealing these particular details?

2. Describe the racism inherent in the assignment of guardians to the Osage people subsequent to the discovery of oil beneath reservation land.

3. What is the subject of the quote used to begin Chronicle Two: The Evidence Man and what is his purpose for using it?

4. Characterize the relationship among Mollie, Lizzie and Anna.

5. What happened in the 1870s that eventually resulted in great wealth for the Osage people?

6. 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)?

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

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

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. To whom does Chronicle Two's title The Evidence Man refer and how does its title set up a comparison between Mollie and the "evidence" man (101)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the respective symbolism of Ernest Burkhart and William Hale across the events of the narrative.

Essay Topic 2

In what way are the themes of brutality and oppression interwoven within the book Killers of the Flower Moon?

Essay Topic 3

Deception is a theme that shows up often in Killers of the Flower Moon. Develop a claim stating the author's message regarding deception and prove your claim with at least three instances of deception occurring within the narrative.

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