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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. With whose lawyers did Ernest Burkhart enter the judge's chambers for a private conversation, much to the dismay of the prosecution?

2. About what issue did Tom White and J. Edgar Hoover strongly disagree?

3. How much did Ernest Burkhart offer to pay Burt Lawson for murdering Bill Smith?

4. Whose headright had William Hale tried to purchase prior to the owner's death?

5. When Tom White married in 1908, whom did he marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the reaction of the public to the news of how deep the conspiracy against the Osage had actually gone?

2. What is the significance of the photograph in the text that depicts a roping contest from 1909?

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

5. What did the Osage man mean when he told a reporter, "Tell everybody, when you write your story, that they're scalping our souls out here" (156)?

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

7. How is paradox apparent within the question of which government entity had jurisdiction over the Osage murders?

8. The author surmises that if widely circulated rumors are true, then Hale had killed his own unborn baby. What were these conditions?

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

10. How were the Texas Rangers viewed differently by white Texans than they were viewed by people of color?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Perform a feminist criticism of the book Killers of the Flower Moon and provide an ample number of concrete details to support your points.

Essay Topic 2

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

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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