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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mollie's brother-in-law Bill Smith was convinced that Lizzie had actually died due to what cause?

2. In what location of Kansas were the Osage forced to settle once they had been forcibly removed from their ancestral lands in Oklahoma?

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

4. What prompted Tom White to come to Washington, D.C.?

5. What caused the justice of the peace to stop convening inquests into the latest Osage murders in 1923?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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)?

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 is the meaning of the book's title, Killers of the Flower Moon?

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

5. What details does the author reveal about Henry Roan and what is his purpose for revealing these particular details?

6. 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?

7. How does Mollie's life and personality change as a result of the Osage Reign of Terror?

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

9. What attempts did Bill and Rita Smith make to keep themselves safe from the rash of murders happening among the Osage?

10. What does the author note as the cause of Mollie falling in love with Ernest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Grann's use of red herrings across the narrative of Killers of the Flower Moon and how they are used to support overarching themes within the narrative.

Essay Topic 2

Perform a feminist criticism of the book Killers of the Flower Moon and provide an ample number of concrete details to support your points.

Essay Topic 3

How does the theme of betrayal emerge throughout the course of the book Killer of the Flower Moon?

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