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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Matilda stay with Dan, despite her issues with his religious practices?
(a) She needed money.
(b) She agreed with his beliefs for the most part.
(c) He threatened her.
(d) She felt she needed to learn from him.

2. Why did Flora Jessop flee her home?
(a) She was being forced into a polygamist marriage.
(b) She was in love with another man.
(c) She was afraid of her father.
(d) She wasn't sure she wanted to be Mormon anymore.

3. What was the flaw Krakauer observes in Smith's story of the Lamanites?
(a) They were alive earlier than the story claims.
(b) They had no Hebrew descent.
(c) They were not affiliated with any of the groups Smith claimed.
(d) They never settled in North America.

4. Why were Colorado's efforts to get rid of polygamy stopped?
(a) The Mormons were fueling the economy.
(b) The governor received a revelation from God.
(c) They became distracted by the Civil War.
(d) The public was sympathetic to the polygamist families.

5. Why were the Mormons permitted to settle in Illinois?
(a) They were good farmers and businessmen.
(b) They convinced the governor it was holy.
(c) The state was under Mormon leadership.
(d) The state was trying to increase its population.

6. Which text was responsible for many of the Laffertys' marriages falling apart?
(a) Onias' autobiography.
(b) The Book of Mormon.
(c) The Peace Maker.
(d) The Psalm of the School of the Prophets.

7. Krakauer explains that, because of Crossfield, Smith realized the ______ of allowing personal revelations.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Absurdity.
(d) Possibility.

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

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

10. 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 lost the gold plates.
(d) He claims the proof is invisible.

11. Fundamentalists believed the government was an entity of _______.
(a) Satan.
(b) Smith.
(c) God.
(d) Europe.

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

13. After fleeing Illinois, why did Smith return?
(a) To confess his faults.
(b) He missed his home.
(c) He believed he was abandoning his people.
(d) To get his family.

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

15. What job did Debbie's third husband quit?
(a) Being a plumber.
(b) Being a writer.
(c) Being a salesman.
(d) Being a priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mitchell justify his abduction of Elizabeth Smart?

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

3. Where is the Nephites' gold supposedly held?

4. How did Tom Green become the target for David Leavitt's lawsuit?

5. What did Emma threaten Smith with to get him to stop marrying more women?

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