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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. With whose lawyers did Ernest Burkhart enter the judge's chambers for a private conversation, much to the dismay of the prosecution?
(a) John Ramsey's lawyers.
(b) William Hale's lawyers.
(c) Asa Kirby's lawyers.
(d) Bryan Burkhart's lawyers.

2. When the undercover operative talked to the worker at the Fairfax gas station, who did she name as controlling all aspects of life in the area?
(a) William Hale.
(b) Ernest Burkhart.
(c) David Shoun.
(d) Tom White.

3. What reason did Henry Roan's widow give for not drinking the whiskey brought to her by William Hale?
(a) She dropped it on the ground and broke it.
(b) She needed a gift to bring to her neighbor, so she gave it away.
(c) She spurned the use of alcohol.
(d) She was afraid it was poisoned.

4. How many years before Anna's death did Mollie and Ernest get married?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

5. What happened to prevent the hired gunman from killing Katherine Cole?
(a) He was shot.
(b) William Hale stabbed him to death.
(c) He decided not to go through with it and then told the police about the plot.
(d) He disappeared.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. When William Hale told an ally that there was only one witness he was afraid of, whom did he name?

4. How old was Mollie's daughter Anna when she mysteriously died?

5. Tom White was told by Mollie's priest that she sent him a secret message stating what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the Texas Rangers viewed differently by white Texans than they were viewed by people of color?

2. 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?

3. What turned out to be the true events leading up to the bombing of the Smiths' home?

4. To what plan is the author referring when he states, "the plan was so brazen, so sinister, that it was hard to fathom" (162)?

5. Why did the Shoun doctors refrain from summoning the sheriff or a prosecutor in favor of summoning Bill Smith's personal attorney as Bill Smith lay upon his deathbed?

6. What did the men on the list of witnesses for the prosecution of William Hale have in common?

7. How is paradox apparent within the question of which government entity had jurisdiction over the Osage murders?

8. The author surmises that if widely circulated rumors are true, then Hale had killed his own unborn baby. What were these conditions?

9. To whom does Chapter 13's title refer in its moniker A Traitor to His Blood?

10. What emotions did Tom White feel upon beginning his interrogation of William Hale?

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