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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused the justice of the peace to stop convening inquests into the latest Osage murders in 1923?
(a) He received anonymous threats.
(b) He lost interest in the case.
(c) He was murdered.
(d) He was bribed.

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

3. 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 early twentieth century.
(d) In the late nineteenth century.

4. What was the name of Mollie's husband?
(a) Harve Freas.
(b) William Hale.
(c) Charles Whitehorn.
(d) Ernest Burkhart.

5. Who did Henry Roan consider to be his best friend?
(a) Bryan Burkhart.
(b) Tom White.
(c) William Hale.
(d) Ernest Burkhart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Barney McBride's murder was Henry Roan's body found?

2. In what year did Tom White join the Bureau of Investigation?

3. What promise did William Hale make to Mollie after the bombing of Bill and Rita Smith's home, resulting in their murders?

4. Just before W.W. Vaughn left his house for the last time, to whom did he give information about hidden evidence and money?

5. How many days did the Schoun brothers determine had passed between the time of Anna's murder and the finding of her body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's purpose for including a before picture and an after picture of Bill and Rita Smith's house within the text?

2. What is the subject of the quote used to begin Chronicle Two: The Evidence Man and what is his purpose for using it?

3. What details does the author use to portray Tom White's character and how is Tom White compared to Mollie Burkhart?

4. What happened in the 1870s that eventually resulted in great wealth for the Osage people?

5. How do the actions of Operative No. 46 demonstrate the author's claim that "this was what Sherlock Holmes stories left out--the tedium of real detective work, the false leads and dead ends" (61)?

6. Characterize the relationship among Mollie, Lizzie and Anna.

7. Describe the scenes of the auctions of Osage leases that happened four times a year and were overseen by the Department of the Interior?

8. To whom does Chronicle Two's title The Evidence Man refer and how does its title set up a comparison between Mollie and the "evidence" man (101)?

9. How were the Osage people depicted in the media?

10. Why is it a revelation to the reader when the author states, "Many Osage had come to believe that local authorities were colluding with the killers" (92)?

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