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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was Allen Lafferty related to Brenda?
(a) He was her brother.
(b) He was her father.
(c) He was her husband.
(d) He was her cousin.

3. Why couldn't Smith read the inscription on the gold plates?
(a) It was written in old English.
(b) It was too bright out.
(c) It was worn.
(d) It was written in Egyptian.

4. Smith was given instructions by Moroni, God, and ______.
(a) His mother.
(b) The seasons.
(c) Jesus.
(d) A rock.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Krakauer, what makes people today able to identify with Smith?

2. Why did Mormons settle in Missouri?

3. Why did Matilda stay with Dan, despite her issues with his religious practices?

4. How did Dan remember his childhood?

5. What job did Debbie's third husband quit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was Smith obedient with the angel Moroni? What was the outcome?

2. What was the relevance of the Dream Mine to the School of the Prophets?

3. What is Krakauer's intention with "Under the Banner of Heaven"?

4. What is Section 132? Why was it important to Smith?

5. Why was DeLoy no longer with the Mormon Church?

6. Why did Debbie Palmer and Flora Jessop act as they did?

7. According to Krakauer, how different are modern and fundamentalist Mormons?

8. Why were the relations between Missourians and Mormons strained?

9. Does Krakauer believe taking funds from the government is hypocritical of fundamentalist Mormons? What is their justification?

10. According to Palmer, why was Elizabeth Smart an easy target?

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