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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 21 - 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Brenda's family blame Allen for her murder?
(a) He provoked his brothers.
(b) He didn't warn her.
(c) He prayed for it to happen.
(d) He gave them money for the murder.

2. According to Krakauer, why is there no proof of Smith's revelation?
(a) He had to return the gold plates.
(b) He claims the proof is invisible.
(c) He lost the gold plates.
(d) He lost the translation.

3. What was Warren's tool for leadership?
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Fear.
(d) Family history.

4. According to Krakauer, why was the search for Ruby Jessop less thorough than for Elizabeth Smart?
(a) Ruby's parents told the police not to.
(b) Ruby was poor.
(c) Ruby was born into a polygamist family.
(d) Ruby ran away.

5. 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 went to the mountain.
(b) If he paid Moroni.
(c) If he prayed ten times a day.
(d) If he married Emma Harris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Krakauer makes the observation that all religions have their share of _______.

2. When did Dan Lafferty's life begin to fall apart?

3. Why were the Mormons permitted to settle in Illinois?

4. What was the flaw Krakauer observes in Smith's story of the Lamanites?

5. After Woodruff's reign, who believed polygamy was valid?

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