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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 expected revelation was made the day after Ernest's private conversations with another man's lawyers?
2. With whom did Tom White and the prosecutors work in order to keep William Hale and John Ramsey behind bars by filing state charges against them for the bombing murders?
3. What was Kelsie Morrison's answer when he was asked what he had done directly after shooting Anna in the head?
4. Soon after the grand jury proceedings against William Hale began, one of his "cronies" (200), who also happened to be a pastor, was charged with committing what crime?
5. In what year did Tom White become a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What emotions did Tom White feel upon beginning his interrogation of William Hale?
2. What is the meaning of the title of Chapter 12, A Wilderness of Mirrors?
3. How is paradox apparent within the question of which government entity had jurisdiction over the Osage murders?
4. To whom does Chapter 13's title refer in its moniker A Traitor to His Blood?
5. 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?
6. What did the men on the list of witnesses for the prosecution of William Hale have in common?
7. What were the reasons for William Hale's certainty that he would not be convicted of murder?
8. 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)?
9. What turned out to be the true events leading up to the bombing of the Smiths' home?
10. What was Tom White's reaction to discovering that so many possible witnesses could no longer testify because they were dead?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Discuss the theme of corruption within the book Killers of the Flower Moon. What is Grann telling the reader about the nature of corruption, about the harm that it can inflict, and about the methods people can use to combat corruption?
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