2. How did Tom Green become the target for David Leavitt's lawsuit?
(a) Leavitt was suing all polygamists.
(b) Green attempted to create a new sect of the LDS.
(c) Green was trying to take over the government.
(d) Green spoke about his polygamist lifestyle on national news.

3. Whose will did Dan and Ron believe they were carrying out?
(a) Their mother's.
(b) Onias'.
(c) God's.
(d) Ron's.

4. What did Emma threaten Smith with to get him to stop marrying more women?
(a) She threatened to sue him.
(b) She threatened to take another husband.
(c) She threatened to leave him.
(d) She threatened to start a new religion.

5. What did Crossfield teach his students at the School of the Prophets?
(a) How to rebel against the Latter Day Saints.
(b) How to praise God.
(c) How to reason with politicians.
(d) How to have personal revelations.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Under the Banner of Heaven," what does Krakauer believe is the biggest disagreement between fundamentalists and modern Mormons?

2. After DeLoy was excommunicated, why did the Mormon Church try to sue him?

3. Krakauer says he will try to explain the ______ of the Lafferty brothers' murders.

4. In his revelation, what does Crossfield claim he was told by God?

5. Why did Smith plead guilty to treason?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Krakauer, how different are modern and fundamentalist Mormons?

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

4. 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?

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

6. Why were the relations between Missourians and Mormons strained?

7. Why did Debbie Palmer and Flora Jessop act as they did?

8. According to the Prologue, did the Lafferty brothers feel justified in their actions? How and why?

9. What does Krakauer see as "strange" about the road to Smith's revelation?

10. Why was DeLoy no longer with the Mormon Church?

(see the answer keys)

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