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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Brenda's death, what does her sister regret?
(a) Not saying goodbye.
(b) Not warning her.
(c) Encouraging her to go back to Allen.
(d) Marrying into the Lafferty family.

2. What was the flaw Krakauer observes in Smith's story of the Lamanites?
(a) They were not affiliated with any of the groups Smith claimed.
(b) They had no Hebrew descent.
(c) They never settled in North America.
(d) They were alive earlier than the story claims.

3. After loosing 116 pages of the transcribed text from the gold plates, what was the only way Smith said he could view them again?
(a) If he prayed ten times a day.
(b) If he went to the mountain.
(c) If he married Emma Harris.
(d) If he paid Moroni.

4. Why did Ron saw off the barrel of a shotgun?
(a) To destroy evidence.
(b) To make it more portable.
(c) God told him to in his revelation.
(d) To pass the time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dan decide to turn back to Brenda's house after their first attempt?

2. Fundamentalists believed the government was an entity of _______.

3. Joseph Smith was the son of a ______.

4. Where were Ron and Dan driving to at the end of Part 3, Chapter 16?

5. Krakauer explains that Dan _____ finished the murders.

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