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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 common amongst teens.
(c) People were afraid of their husbands.
(d) Sexual assault was rare and severely punished.

2. Why did fundamentalists see accepting government funds as a virtuous act?
(a) They were doing God's will.
(b) They were being charitable in return.
(c) They were helping with its destruction.
(d) They were fueling the economy.

3. How did the modern Mormon Church receive Ron and Dan?
(a) They praised them.
(b) They tried to correct them.
(c) They rejected them.
(d) They ignored them.

4. Krakauer says he will try to explain the ______ of the Lafferty brothers' murders.
(a) Circumstances.
(b) Absurdity.
(c) Effect.
(d) Gravity.

5. According to Krakauer, why is it difficult for young girls to break away from abusive marriages in fundamentalist communities?
(a) The girls are raised to comply.
(b) The girls are very attached to their families.
(c) There is strict security in the communities.
(d) The police are also polygamists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Flora Jessop flee her home?

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

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?

4. What is the purpose of the facts Krakauer provides?

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

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