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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 12 - 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Smith write Section 132?
(a) To give Mormons rights.
(b) To make the LDS a political party.
(c) To ensure his offspring would lead after him.
(d) To make polygamy only apply to men.

3. According to Krakauer, what makes people today able to identify with Smith?
(a) He left video tapes for his future followers.
(b) He made strides in eliminating racism.
(c) He's depicted as a real person with flaws.
(d) He predicted the future.

4. According to Debbie Palmer, what made Elizabeth Smart an easy target for abduction?
(a) She was angry with her parents.
(b) She was very beautiful and kind.
(c) She was taught to be obedient and passive.
(d) Her parents didn't pay any attention to her.

5. How did Smith convince Emma to support his polygamist marriage?
(a) He told her God would be happy.
(b) He wrote her a poem.
(c) He told her she would be doomed to hell.
(d) He gave her lots of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the murders of Brenda and Erica Lafferty, what was Ron's sentence?

2. Krakauer explains that early Mormons believed government law was inferior to __________.

3. Smith was given instructions by Moroni, God, and ______.

4. After DeLoy was excommunicated, why did the Mormon Church try to sue him?

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

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