"The Osage Indians Struck It Rich, Paid the Price"

Question

by Dwight Garner

“Killers of the Flower Moon” builds to a cinematic court scene filled with outrages and recantations. White gets his man, a local cattleman and a figure of genuine evil. But it is among Grann’s larger points that these murders were hardly the work of one human. It took a village — a “culture of killing,” in his words — to eliminate this many people.

The government estimated that 24 Osage members were murdered. As Grann pores over the evidence, however, he realizes the number was almost certainly higher, perhaps in the hundreds.

He spends time with the descendants of some of those killed, and he pokes through old files and turns up new information. His own outrage, although kept at a simmer, is unmistakable. “While researching the murders,” he writes, “I often felt that I was chasing history even as it was slipping away.”

"The Osage Indians Struck It Rich, Then Paid the Price" by Dwight Garner, from THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 12, 2017. Copyright © 2017 by The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

What is the reviewer’s main argument about the book in this passage?

(1 point)
Responses

The book’s author extensively researched the historical event, resulting in a more accurate and comprehensive understanding of what happened and why.
The book’s author extensively researched the historical event, resulting in a more accurate and comprehensive understanding of what happened and why.

The book ends with the trial of the man who was responsible for the murders of the Osage people.
The book ends with the trial of the man who was responsible for the murders of the Osage people.

The book effectively shows that more Osage people were killed than previous accounts have estimated.
The book effectively shows that more Osage people were killed than previous accounts have estimated.

The book’s author subtly makes clear his outrage at the historical event, but he remains committed to presenting the facts accurately.

Answer 1

The reviewer's main argument about the book in this passage is:

The book effectively shows that more Osage people were killed than previous accounts have estimated.