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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chronicle Two: The Evidence Man, Chapters 18-21 and Chronicle Three: The Reporter, Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was listed as the beneficiary on Henry Roan's $25,000 life insurance policy?
(a) Tom White.
(b) Ernest Burkhart.
(c) William Hale.
(d) Cynthia Roan.

2. What decade was a writer of the age referring to when calling it "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history" (77)?
(a) The 1890s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1870s.

3. Who was the last person who had to die before Ernest Burkhart would control all of his wife's family's headrights?
(a) Mollie Burkhart.
(b) Rita Smith.
(c) William Hale.
(d) Bill Smith.

4. What method was used by Henry Roan's murderer?
(a) Poison.
(b) Strangulation.
(c) Suffocation.
(d) Gunfire.

5. At the start of William Hale and John Ramsey's trial, who does William Hale's lawyer ask to have ejected from the courtroom?
(a) Tom White.
(b) Mollie Burkhart.
(c) Ernest Burkhart.
(d) Asa Kirby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT one of the categories assessed on the Bureau of Investigation's Efficiency Rating sheets?

2. John Ramsey denied involvement in the murder of Henry Roan until he was shown what document?

3. Who did Henry Roan consider to be his best friend?

4. What writer does the author quote when he writes that the age described in the narrative "was a time marked" (77) by an author who called it "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history"? (77)

5. In what year were warrants issued for William Hale and Ernest Burkhart's arrests in the murders of Bill Smith, Rita Smith, and Nettie Brookshire?

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