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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1921.

2. To what organization did Tom White return after his brother was gunned down in East Texas?
(a) The U.S. Marines.
(b) The Bureau of Investigation.
(c) The Texas Rangers.
(d) The County Sheriff's office.

3. Before joining the Justice Department, J. Edgar Hoover had been a clerk at what location?
(a) The Department of Transportation.
(b) The Library of Congress.
(c) The Treasury Department.
(d) The Smithsonian.

4. Who was the first person to suspect that Lizzie had been murdered using poison?
(a) Charles Whitehorn.
(b) Tom White.
(c) Bill Smith.
(d) Rita Smith.

5. What was Mollie's response when the attorney assisting the prosecution asked her if she loved her husband?
(a) Yes.
(b) A little.
(c) No.
(d) Never again.

6. 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?
(a) James Shoun.
(b) His lawyer.
(c) David Shoun.
(d) William Hale.

7. J. Edgar Hoover often repeated the maxim "You either improve or" (167) do what?
(a) Deteriorate.
(b) Disprove.
(c) Disappear.
(d) Fail.

8. A government study estimated that prior to 1925, how much money had been stolen from adult Osage wards by their appointed white guardians?
(a) $8,000,000.
(b) $2,000,000.
(c) $3,500,000.
(d) $18,000,000.

9. When Ernest Burkhart finally decided to talk, who did he demand to speak to during his confession?
(a) Mollie Burkhart.
(b) J. Edgar Hoover.
(c) Tom White.
(d) Sheriff Freas.

10. How does the author describe William Hale's manner immediately after Tom White had detailed the overwhelming evidence incriminating William Hale in several murders?
(a) Unperturbed.
(b) Preoccupied.
(c) Detached.
(d) Nervous.

11. John Ramsey denied involvement in the murder of Henry Roan until he was shown what document?
(a) His wife's signed confession.
(b) The arrest warrants for his mother and brother.
(c) The warrant for his arrest.
(d) Ernest Burkhart's signed confession.

12. In what year did Tom White become a special agent of the Bureau of Investigation?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1902.

13. In what famous murder case were handwriting and document analysis first instrumentally used?
(a) H.H. Holmes.
(b) Leopold and Loeb.
(c) Jack the Ripper.
(d) The Boston Strangler.

14. In 1926, Ernest Burkhart was sentenced to what punishment for his crimes?
(a) Fifteen to twenty years in prison.
(b) The death penalty.
(c) Forty years in prison without the possibility of parole.
(d) Life imprisonment and hard labor.

15. In what town were John Ramsey and William Hale tried for murder?
(a) Whizbang.
(b) Apalachicola.
(c) Pawhuska.
(d) Hooet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Tom White's father elected as county sheriff?

2. How old was Tom White when his mother died?

3. At the start of William Hale and John Ramsey's trial, who does William Hale's lawyer ask to have ejected from the courtroom?

4. 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?

5. What happened to prevent the hired gunman from killing Katherine Cole?

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