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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. Who hired a hitman to murder Katherine Cole, Kelsie Morrison's former wife, "who was Osage and had agreed to testify for the prosecution" (200)?
2. About what crime did Ernest forever claim to have had no prior knowledge?
3. How does the author describe William Hale's manner immediately after Tom White had detailed the overwhelming evidence incriminating William Hale in several murders?
4. When the undercover operative talked to the worker at the Fairfax gas station, who did she name as controlling all aspects of life in the area?
5. Who lit the fuse to the bomb under the Smiths' home?
Short Essay Questions
1. To whom does Chapter 13's title refer in its moniker A Traitor to His Blood?
2. To what plan is the author referring when he states, "the plan was so brazen, so sinister, that it was hard to fathom" (162)?
3. What was Tom White's reaction to discovering that so many possible witnesses could no longer testify because they were dead?
4. How was John Ramsey's confession laden with the era's racist views held by whites about Native Americans?
5. 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)?
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 were the reasons for William Hale's certainty that he would not be convicted of murder?
8. How did Tom White release the pent-up frustration created by his investigation of William Hale's involvement in the Osage murders?
9. What is the meaning of the title of Chapter 12, A Wilderness of Mirrors?
10. How did the media portray Mollie Burkhart during the trial of Ernest Burkhart and William Hale?
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
Discuss David Grann's decision to include a variety of photographs within the text. What purpose did he have when choosing and including these images? Back up your strong, specific claim about the author's use of photographs with concrete details from the images he includes in the book.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Grann's use of red herrings across the narrative of Killers of the Flower Moon and how they are used to support overarching themes within the narrative.
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