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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was Joseph Smith born?
(a) 1804.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1806.
(d) 1805.

2. What is a schism?
(a) A split of ideas from a different church.
(b) A formal division from a group of churches.
(c) A division between churches.
(d) The formation of a new church.

3. What year did the John Mack family arrive in the United States?
(a) 1669.
(b) 1696.
(c) 1596.
(d) 1569.

4. When the Mormons were forced out of Jackson County, many fled to what County?
(a) Clark.
(b) Mellow.
(c) Clay.
(d) Missouri.

5. When did the bank in Kirtland close its door?
(a) August 1837.
(b) March 1837.
(c) May 1837.
(d) June 1837.

6. What type of metal were the first plates that Joseph Smith translated?
(a) Nickel.
(b) Silver.
(c) Copper.
(d) Gold.

7. After getting married, where did Joseph and Emma live?
(a) Harmony, New York.
(b) Manchester, New York.
(c) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(d) Harbor, Connecticut.

8. Western New York and what other state had scattered Native American burial mounds?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Ohio.

9. What was the name of the smaller plates?
(a) Plates of Nephi.
(b) Plates of Lehi.
(c) Plates of Mormon.
(d) Plates of Gold.

10. Although no one else saw the plates, Emma was allowed to do what to them?
(a) Hold them.
(b) Clean them.
(c) Bury them.
(d) Touch them.

11. What is the date of Emma and Joseph's wedding?
(a) April 18, 1827.
(b) March 18, 1827.
(c) February 18, 1827.
(d) January 18, 1827.

12. Who did the local leaders of the Mormons ask for protection?
(a) The militia.
(b) Lt. Governor Boggs.
(c) Governor Dunkin.
(d) The Mormon Battalion.

13. The Nephite people grew ____ and ____ instead of maize and potatoes.
(a) Wheat and corn.
(b) Wheat and hops.
(c) Wheat and grass.
(d) Wheat and barley.

14. What is the name of the priesthood that John the Baptist gave Joseph and Oliver Cowdery?
(a) Aaronic.
(b) Melchezidick.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Christian.

15. What is polygamy?
(a) One man with many wives.
(b) One man with many children by different women.
(c) One man living with many women.
(d) One man with many mistresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The gods are among the people," was stated by whom?

2. When Joseph heard the news from Ohio, that mobs had driven people from their homes, to whom did he write a letter?

3. As Joseph Smith grew up, he often spent time helping his family to survive by searching for what?

4. While in Missouri, Joseph Smith dedicated a plot of land for what?

5. Which was the first temple built?

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