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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ron saw off the barrel of a shotgun?
(a) To make it more portable.
(b) To pass the time.
(c) God told him to in his revelation.
(d) To destroy evidence.

2. In "Under the Banner of Heaven," what does Krakauer believe is the biggest disagreement between fundamentalists and modern Mormons?
(a) The location of the Promised Land.
(b) Their rights as American citizens.
(c) Polygamy.
(d) The gender of God.

3. What dilemma were Mormons faced with after the death of Smith?
(a) Selecting a new prophet.
(b) How to change the prayers.
(c) Where to settle next.
(d) Where he should be buried.

4. What question does Krakauer claim he will answer in "Under the Banner of Heaven"?
(a) Why these murders happened.
(b) Whom the Lafferty family represents.
(c) What defines right and wrong.
(d) What the meaning of life is.

5. What idea of Mormon families was the biggest problem to Debbie Palmer?
(a) The low standards of living.
(b) The patriarchy.
(c) The strict rules.
(d) The number of children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which text was responsible for many of the Laffertys' marriages falling apart?

2. How did the modern Mormon Church receive Ron and Dan?

3. Krakauer describes Watson Lafferty as a ________.

4. Joseph Smith is believed to have practiced ________.

5. What did Young do to the Francher group memorial?

(see the answer key)

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