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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Matilda stay with Dan, despite her issues with his religious practices?
(a) She needed money.
(b) She felt she needed to learn from him.
(c) He threatened her.
(d) She agreed with his beliefs for the most part.

3. Why did Mormons settle in Missouri?
(a) They believed the original Garden of Eden was there.
(b) It was sparsely populated.
(c) It was Smith's birthplace.
(d) It wasn't part of the United States at the time.

4. According to Debbie Palmer, what made Elizabeth Smart an easy target for abduction?
(a) She was very beautiful and kind.
(b) She was angry with her parents.
(c) She was taught to be obedient and passive.
(d) Her parents didn't pay any attention to her.

5. How did the Mormons respond to being attacked by Missourians in October, 1838?
(a) They fled.
(b) They prayed.
(c) They fought back.
(d) They tried to surrender.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Krakuer explain is his larger objective in the story of the Laffertys?

2. Mormons attacked the Missourians after an _______ Missourian beat a Mormon man.

3. Krakauer describes Watson Lafferty as a ________.

4. Why did Smith write Section 132?

5. Why were people drawn to Joseph Smith?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Krakauer's intention with "Under the Banner of Heaven"?

2. Why did Rockwell shoot the Missouri Governor? What was the outcome?

3. What is the purpose of Krakauer presenting the entire story upfront in the prologue? Is he giving away the whole book?

4. Why did Joseph Smith return to Illinois?

5. According to Krakauer, why is Joseph Smith still appealing to people today?

6. According to Lorna Craig, how was the response to Elizabeth Smart's disappearance different from Ruby Jessop's? Why does she believe there was a different response and effort?

7. Was Smith a polygamist? According to whom?

8. According to Palmer, why was Elizabeth Smart an easy target?

9. Why was Joseph Smith charged with fraud? How did his treasure business compare with his religious revelation?

10. How is the Lafferty family described?

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