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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 year was Tom White's father elected as county sheriff?

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

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

4. Who did Pike claim had hired him to perform his required task?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did the Shoun doctors refrain from summoning the sheriff or a prosecutor in favor of summoning Bill Smith's personal attorney as Bill Smith lay upon his deathbed?

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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