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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Krakauer uses direct quotes from the _____________.
(a) Chicago Sun Times.
(b) New York Times.
(c) Salt Lake Tribune.
(d) Laffertys' diaries.

2. Why were Mormons allowed to settle in Caldwell County?
(a) Many Mormons already lived there.
(b) It was poor farm land.
(c) It wasn't part of the United States.
(d) It wasn't very populated.

3. At the School of the Prophets, what practice did Crossfield attempt to reinstate in his students?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Polygamy.
(d) Fasts.

4. Why did the gold plates vanish the first time they were presented to Smith?
(a) He couldn't understand them.
(b) Moroni didn't show him the right ones.
(c) There was a time limit on them.
(d) He looked at them before he was instructed to do so.

5. What is the purpose of the facts Krakauer provides?
(a) It gives credit to the contributors.
(b) It serves as a backdrop.
(c) It adds extra bulk to the book.
(d) It enhances his credibility.

6. What did Emma threaten Smith with to get him to stop marrying more women?
(a) She threatened to start a new religion.
(b) She threatened to sue him.
(c) She threatened to take another husband.
(d) She threatened to leave him.

7. Why was Law unable to press charges against Smith?
(a) Law had his fair share of bad deeds.
(b) Smith controlled the courts.
(c) Law wasn't a very good lawyer.
(d) There was no court system.

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

9. When did Dan Lafferty's life begin to fall apart?
(a) When his son married a non-Mormon.
(b) When he began to follow fundamentalist ideas.
(c) When his father died.
(d) When he lost his arm in a car crash.

10. What is the key difference Krakauer cites between the Bible and the Book of Mormon?
(a) Mormonism is much younger.
(b) The Bible is accepted as fact.
(c) The angels discussed are different.
(d) The books cite different eras.

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

12. After loosing 116 pages of the transcribed text from the gold plates, what was the only way Smith said he could view them again?
(a) If he married Emma Harris.
(b) If he paid Moroni.
(c) If he prayed ten times a day.
(d) If he went to the mountain.

13. Krakauer explains that early Mormons believed government law was inferior to __________.
(a) Natural law.
(b) Basic human rights.
(c) Smith's law.
(d) God's law.

14. According to Krakauer, why was the search for Ruby Jessop less thorough than for Elizabeth Smart?
(a) Ruby was poor.
(b) Ruby was born into a polygamist family.
(c) Ruby ran away.
(d) Ruby's parents told the police not to.

15. After DeLoy was excommunicated, why did the Mormon Church try to sue him?
(a) He'd stolen money from them.
(b) His house was owned by the church.
(c) He'd broken Mormon laws.
(d) He was criticizing the church to the media.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't Smith read the inscription on the gold plates?

2. Why was Smith sued by his clients for fraud?

3. Where is the Nephites' gold supposedly held?

4. Why did Mormons settle in Missouri?

5. Krakauer describes Watson Lafferty as a ________.

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