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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. To whom did Mollie turn when the local officials expressed little interest in investigating Anna's murder?
2. What method was used by Henry Roan's murderer?
3. 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)?
4. Which of the following was an action the lawmen took upon finding Anna's body?
5. The last person to be seen with Anna Brown the night she disappeared said that he saw her last when he completed what action?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author note as the cause of Mollie falling in love with Ernest?
2. What details does the author use to portray Tom White's character and how is Tom White compared to Mollie Burkhart?
3. What is the meaning of the book's title, Killers of the Flower Moon?
4. 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?
5. What details does the author reveal about Henry Roan and what is his purpose for revealing these particular details?
6. Describe the scenes of the auctions of Osage leases that happened four times a year and were overseen by the Department of the Interior?
7. Describe the racism inherent in the assignment of guardians to the Osage people subsequent to the discovery of oil beneath reservation land.
8. 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)?
9. Why were the people of the Osage tribe already on high alert by the time Anna disappeared?
10. Why is it a revelation to the reader when the author states, "Many Osage had come to believe that local authorities were colluding with the killers" (92)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the ways in which Tom White and Mollie Burkhart were both struggling to adapt to a cultural transition within the events of the narrative. Compare and contrast the author's depiction of each person and discuss how the book's themes are displayed within the characterizations of these two real people from history.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the structure the author uses to construct the narrative of Killers of the Flower Moon and discuss the author's purpose for breaking the story into three parts. What advantages does this choice provide and how does it align with the messages the author is trying to get across to the reader?
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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