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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. J. Edgar Hoover often repeated the maxim "You either improve or" (167) do what?
2. William Hale once said, "I, like many other good men, believed it would be only a short time until Congress would pass a law" (160) that permitted what practice?
3. 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?
4. How old was Mollie's daughter Anna when she mysteriously died?
5. In what town were John Ramsey and William Hale tried for murder?
Short Essay Questions
1. What turned out to be the true events leading up to the bombing of the Smiths' home?
2. What did the men on the list of witnesses for the prosecution of William Hale have in common?
3. What does the author consider to be the most damning evidence that Mollie's illness was being caused by poison?
4. How did Tom White release the pent-up frustration created by his investigation of William Hale's involvement in the Osage murders?
5. What evidence does the author provide to support his claim that Tom White "was feeling pressure not just from Hoover" (171)?
6. 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?
7. What did Tom White's investigation into the system of Osage guardianship reveal?
8. What were the reasons for William Hale's certainty that he would not be convicted of murder?
9. 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)?
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
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.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss David Grann's decision to include a variety of photographs within the text. What purpose did he have when choosing and including these images? Back up your strong, specific claim about the author's use of photographs with concrete details from the images he includes in the book.
Essay Topic 3
In what way are the themes of brutality and oppression interwoven within the book Killers of the Flower Moon?
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