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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what natural feature did the auctioneer stand when conducting the Osage land auctions?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A rock bridge.
(c) A tree.
(d) A sandstone cliff.

2. How many days did the Schoun brothers determine had passed between the time of Anna's murder and the finding of her body?
(a) Three to five days.
(b) Nine to eleven days.
(c) Twenty-four to thirty-six hours.
(d) Five to seven days.

3. Mollie stated that the last time she had seen Anna, it was at what time of day?
(a) Sundown.
(b) Sunrise.
(c) Noon.
(d) Midnight.

4. What caliber pistol was used to kill both Charles Whitehorn and Anna Brown?
(a) .32.
(b) .357.
(c) .45
(d) .22.

5. In what year did Mollie and Henry marry?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1912.

6. What prompted Tom White to come to Washington, D.C.?
(a) He tracked the murderer to the area.
(b) He was interested in pursuing a political career.
(c) J. Edgar Hoover summoned him.
(d) Sheriff Freas summoned him.

7. When the Osage land auction record rose to nearly $14 million, a reporter remarked in an article, "The Osage Indians are becoming so rich that" (76) what?
(a) They would soon be able to leave the country altogether.
(b) Their lives were now worth nothing.
(c) Something would have to be done about it.
(d) They were in danger of overstepping their bounds.

8. With whom was Anna riding in a car the final time Mollie saw Anna alive?
(a) William Hale.
(b) Ernest Burkhart.
(c) Bryan Burkhart.
(d) Charles Whitehorn.

9. In what state was the Osage tribe's land located in 1921 at the time of the narrative's beginning?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Oklahoma.

10. Just before W.W. Vaughn left his house for the last time, to whom did he give information about hidden evidence and money?
(a) His wife.
(b) His brother.
(c) His servant.
(d) The sheriff.

11. How old was Minnie when she died?
(a) 27.
(b) 21.
(c) 45.
(d) 32.

12. What quality nearly always led an Osage person to be appointed a white financial guardian?
(a) Physical disability.
(b) Lack of official enrollment in the tribe.
(c) The lack of white ancestry.
(d) A history of mental illness.

13. What was W.W. Vaughn's answer when the sheriff asked him if he knew who had killed George Bigheart?
(a) He said that he knew that and more.
(b) He said that he had narrowed it down to two suspects.
(c) He said that he not only knew, but that he had had custody of the murderer.
(d) He said that he had no idea.

14. During what time period did police departments emerge in the United States?
(a) In the mid-nineteenth century.
(b) In the early nineteenth century.
(c) In the late nineteenth century.
(d) In the early twentieth century.

15. In what decade did the U.S. government forcibly move the Osage tribe from their land in Kansas?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1840s.
(c) 1880s.
(d) 1920s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only one to survive the bombing of the Smiths' home, but only lived for four days?

2. With what objects did the Osage begin to outline their homes after Henry Roan's murder?

3. The text states that the Osage tribe took in more than $30 million in what year?

4. Who served as a pallbearer at both Anna's and Henry's funerals?

5. What was determined to be the cause of Anna's death?

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