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Write an essay in which you clearly state Grann’s main argument or one of Grann’s main arguments in Killers of the Flower Moon. Select a theme that Grann uses as a vehicle to communicate and support that theme.

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Purpose:

The purpose of this assignment is for you to write a well-developed essay in which you respond to a text and support your claims with reasonable and logical evidence.

Prompt:

Write an essay in which you clearly state Grann’s main argument or one of Grann’s main arguments in Killers of the Flower Moon. Select a theme that Grann uses as a vehicle to communicate and support that theme.

a. To answer this prompt, you will have to identify the or a main argument (there can be more than one) and a theme Grann uses to communicate and support that argument.
b. You will also need to identify quotes, events, or situations in the text that support your claims.

How long did the “Reign of Terror” last? What is the new energy source Grann sees on Osage land? Who did Rosa Vaughan sue in civil court for embezzling money from her husband’s estate? Which Osage woman, who was noted as the wealthiest, was locked in her house, beaten and drugged by her husband?

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Chapters 23-25 in Killers of the Flower Moon – multiple choice quiz

Grann, David. Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder, and the Birth of the FBI. Simon & Schuster, 2017.

QUESTION 1

How long did the “Reign of Terror” last?

a. 3 years

b. 2 years

c. 4 years

d. 5 years

QUESTION 2

What is the new energy source Grann sees on Osage land?

a. Wind farm

b. Oil derricks

c. Ethynol plants

d. Solar farm

QUESTION 3

Who did Rosa Vaughan sue in civil court for embezzling money from her husband’s estate?

a. James and David Shoun

b. William Hale

c. H. G. Burt

d. Scott Mathis

QUESTION 4

Which Osage woman, who was noted as the wealthiest, was locked in her house, beaten and drugged by her husband?

a. Mary Elkins

b. Mary Lewis

c. Sybil Bolton

d. Hlu-ah-to-me

QUESTION 5

Who does Mary Jo Webb say provided the poison that killed countless Osage?

a. Harve Freas

b. Scott Mathis

c. James and David Shoun

d. William Hale

QUESTION 6

How did Paul Peace die?

a. He was shot in the back of the head.

b. His house was blown up

c. He was killed in a hit-and-run car accident

d. He was poisoned.

QUESTION 7

After looking through the records, who does Grann suspect killed Charles Whitehorn?

a. William Hale, David Shoun, and James Shoun

b. Hattie Whitehead, LeRoy Smitherman, and Minnie Savage

c. William Hale, Bryan Burkhart, and Ernest Burkhart

d. Bryan Burkhart, Kelsie Morrison, and William Hale

QUESTION 8

In a letter written from jail in 1931, what did William Hale refer to himself as?

a. The savior of the Osage

b. The devil

c. A broken man

d. A true friend to the Osage

QUESTION 9

Which two murders does Grann note remain unsolved, the killers getting off “scot-free”?

a. Charles Whitehorn and William Stepson

b. W. W. Vaughan and Barney McBride

c. Bill and Rita Smith’s

d. Lizzie (Mollie’s mother) and Minnie (Mollie’s sister)

QUESTION 10

Whose murder did Grann learn about in the Pawhuska library?

a. Charles Whitehorn

b. Minnie Brown

c. Anna Burkhart

d. Mary DeNoya-Bellieu-Lewis