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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. How old was Mollie's daughter Anna when she mysteriously died?
2. What was NOT one of the categories assessed on the Bureau of Investigation's Efficiency Rating sheets?
3. In 1926, Ernest Burkhart was sentenced to what punishment for his crimes?
4. How old was Tom White when he watched his father execute a criminal?
5. Once Tom White realized that corrupt white citizens would not implicate one another, what group did he turn to next in his quest to solve the Osage murders?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the media portray Mollie Burkhart during the trial of Ernest Burkhart and William Hale?
2. What was Tom White's reaction to discovering that so many possible witnesses could no longer testify because they were dead?
3. What evidence does the author provide to support his claim that Tom White "was feeling pressure not just from Hoover" (171)?
4. What is the meaning of the title of Chapter 12, A Wilderness of Mirrors?
5. What was the reaction of the public to the news of how deep the conspiracy against the Osage had actually gone?
6. What is the significance of the photograph in the text that depicts a roping contest from 1909?
7. 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)?
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 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)?
10. What does the author mean when he describes the Shoun brothers as "seemingly ubiquitous" (158) when he discusses their involvement in Henry Roan's insurance policy dealings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the significance of the book's title. What is the author's purpose in naming both the origin of the FBI and the Osage murders as topics within the book's title? How does the title connect to themes present within the book?
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
Trace the character arc of William Hale provided by the author. How does the author go about showing the evil duplicity present within William Hale's character and his power to harm those whose monies he coveted without being punished for his heinous acts?
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