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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Mormons try to vote in Daviess County for the first time?

2. How many of Joseph and Emma's children lived?

3. What was the name of the ancient ruin, which appeared to be an altar, that Joseph saw?

4. It was assumed that Joseph had ordered who to kill Governor Boggs?

5. What was the name of the force left to guard Joseph while he was in the Carthage jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the community in Far West Missouri laid out?

2. Why did women, after Joseph Smith's death, try to seal themselves to him?

3. How did the New York Herald characterize the accusations of Bennett against the church?

4. What was the prophecy that Joseph Smith made in the spring of 1841?

5. Rather than seeking revenge, what did the Saints do when they learned of Joseph's death?

6. Who was John C. Bennett, and what did he do?

7. What did the New York Herald say in its obituary about Joseph Smith?

8. Why, after the fighting in 1838, were the members asked to gather at Far West?

9. What happened to those who took multiple wives without a commandment from God, and why?

10. What was one reason that the hostility towards Mormons was deep and far-flung?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, statements of the author are contradicted by facts. Cite at least three places where the author's characterization of events deviates from the facts, and discuss what the author hoped to accomplish from writing these characterizations.

Essay Topic 2

How were Mormons treated differently from other citizens in Missouri? What was one right of a citizen that Mormons were denied, and what was the result of the denial? Use information presented in the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the similarities and differences for the Saints in their different homes? Discuss, using examples, how the Saints' lives differed, and were similar, in Kirtland, Far West, and Nauvoo.

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