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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. In what organization did Tom White enlist when he was 24?

2. What philosophy of thinking did J. Edgar Hoover adopt in the creation of his overhauled Bureau of Investigation?

3. What was Mollie's response when the attorney assisting the prosecution asked her if she loved her husband?

4. Tom White was told by Mollie's priest that she sent him a secret message stating what?

5. What outrageous claim did William Hale make when he testified on his own behalf?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what plan is the author referring when he states, "the plan was so brazen, so sinister, that it was hard to fathom" (162)?

2. How was John Ramsey's confession laden with the era's racist views held by whites about Native Americans?

3. 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)?

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

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

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

7. What emotions did Tom White feel upon beginning his interrogation of William Hale?

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

9. How did the media portray Mollie Burkhart during the trial of Ernest Burkhart and William Hale?

10. When William Hale responded to John Ramsey's panic at being tried for the murder of Henry Roan, what did William Hale say to reassure him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the literary device of foreshadowing used to highlight coming real-life events within the story of Killers of the Flower Moon? Provide an ample number of quotes from the narrative in order to prove your claims.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of family bonds and how the theme is portrayed within the book Killers of the Flower Moon.

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