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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the gold plates vanish the first time they were presented to Smith?
(a) He looked at them before he was instructed to do so.
(b) Moroni didn't show him the right ones.
(c) There was a time limit on them.
(d) He couldn't understand them.

3. Why did Flora Jessop flee her home?
(a) She was being forced into a polygamist marriage.
(b) She was in love with another man.
(c) She was afraid of her father.
(d) She wasn't sure she wanted to be Mormon anymore.

4. Why did Debbie decide to flee Bountiful?
(a) Blackmore was abusing her.
(b) She'd cheated on her husband.
(c) Blackmore wanted to marry her daughter.
(d) She'd killed her husband.

5. What effect did the strict regulations on sex in fundamentalist communities have, according to Debbie?
(a) People were much more at ease.
(b) Sexual assault was rare and severely punished.
(c) Sexual assault was common amongst teens.
(d) People were afraid of their husbands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Nephites' gold supposedly held?

2. Whose will did Dan and Ron believe they were carrying out?

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

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

5. Dan and Ron believed Brenda and Erica's deaths were _______.

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