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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relevance did Knapp and Carnes have in the murders?
(a) They organized it.
(b) They were present.
(c) They tried to protect Brenda.
(d) They called the police.

2. What question does Krakauer claim he will answer in "Under the Banner of Heaven"?
(a) What the meaning of life is.
(b) Why these murders happened.
(c) What defines right and wrong.
(d) Whom the Lafferty family represents.

3. After attempting to knock Brenda unconscious, what does Ron want to do?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Leave.
(d) Rob her.

4. Why were Colorado's efforts to get rid of polygamy stopped?
(a) The governor received a revelation from God.
(b) They became distracted by the Civil War.
(c) The Mormons were fueling the economy.
(d) The public was sympathetic to the polygamist families.

5. Krakauer describes Watson Lafferty as a ________.
(a) Genius.
(b) Lunatic.
(c) Pacifist.
(d) Disciplinarian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the speculation about why Smith's successor died?

2. When Linda was asked about her life with Green, her husband, what did she say?

3. Missourians disliked that the Mormons came into their state with an attitude of _______.

4. What information did Allen Lafferty provide which aided Krakauer's description of the murders?

5. According to Debbie Palmer, what made Elizabeth Smart an easy target for abduction?

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