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

2. Whose will did Dan and Ron believe they were carrying out?
(a) God's.
(b) Onias'.
(c) Ron's.
(d) Their mother's.

3. 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.

4. Debbie Palmer was her own step-grandmother because polygamist men have the right to marry their ______.
(a) Nieces.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Step-daughters.

5. When Linda was asked about her life with Green, her husband, what did she say?
(a) She was afraid of him.
(b) She wanted another husband.
(c) She wanted him to marry more women.
(d) She wasn't abused.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joseph Smith was the son of a ______.

2. What effect did the Edmunds Tucker Act of 1887 have on the Mormon Church?

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

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

5. What similarities does Krakauer cite between fundamentalist and modern Mormons?

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