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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. 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?

2. A government study estimated that prior to 1925, how much money had been stolen from adult Osage wards by their appointed white guardians?

3. What expected revelation was made the day after Ernest's private conversations with another man's lawyers?

4. Who was NOT among the people Bill Smith met with in the hospital shortly before his death, when he asked the nurse to leave the room?

5. Al Spencer told Tom White that William Hale had once offered him $2,000 to kill which two people?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Tom White's reaction to discovering that so many possible witnesses could no longer testify because they were dead?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. 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)?

9. What were the reasons for William Hale's certainty that he would not be convicted of murder?

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

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 3

Many instances of irony are included in the narrative of Killers of the Flower Moon. Find three instances of irony within the book and discuss each instance's significance and its connection to the book's overall themes.

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