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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the force left to guard Joseph while he was in the Carthage jail?
(a) Carthage Mob.
(b) Carthage Militia.
(c) Carthage Greys.
(d) Carthage Freedom Fighters.

2. Who was the Governor who sent a letter to General Clark, ordering him to treat Mormons as enemies and to exterminate them?
(a) Governor Smith.
(b) Governor Tilley.
(c) Governor London.
(d) Governor Boggs.

3. In response to the mob attacks all over Missouri, where did Joseph Smith tell the people to gather?
(a) Kirtland.
(b) Harmony.
(c) Salt Lake City.
(d) Far West.

4. When the Mormons who settled in Missouri became too big for Far West, what other counties did they spread to?
(a) Daviess, Carroll and Ray Counties.
(b) Ray, Jackson and Carroll Counties.
(c) Daviess, Ray and Clarck Counties.
(d) Jackson, Carroll and Carr Counties.

5. Those who took multiple wives without being commanded to do so from the Lord were what?
(a) Excommunicated.
(b) Evil.
(c) Expelled from Nauvoo.
(d) Lawbreakers.

6. The sheriffs who took Joseph from Nauvoo were charged with what?
(a) Attempted murder.
(b) Kidnapping.
(c) False imprisonment.
(d) Battery.

7. In what year did Mormons try to vote in Daviess County for the first time?
(a) 1837.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1830.
(d) 1838.

8. Far West was in what county in Missouri?
(a) Caldwell County.
(b) Carr County.
(c) Jackson County.
(d) Clark County.

9. What was the name of the militia in the Nauvoo charter?
(a) The Nauvoo Legion.
(b) The Nauvoo Militia.
(c) The Nauvoo Protection Force.
(d) The Nauvoo Army.

10. How many of Joseph and Emma's children lived?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

11. What was Joseph's Second Counselor's wife's name?
(a) Janis.
(b) Jane.
(c) Betty.
(d) Rachel.

12. Ms. Brodie assumes that the endowment is what type of rite?
(a) Sacred.
(b) Polygamous.
(c) Secret.
(d) Fertility.

13. What was the name of the General who refused to shoot his Mormon prisoners?
(a) Lucas.
(b) Doniphin.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Dexter.

14. Members of what organization destroyed the press used to print the Nauvoo newspaper?
(a) The Temple-builders.
(b) The Legion.
(c) The Danite Army.
(d) The Church.

15. It was assumed that Joseph had ordered who to kill Governor Boggs?
(a) Porter Rockwell.
(b) The Danite Army.
(c) John C. Bennet.
(d) The Mormon Militia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joseph say to his mother before he was taken away to Liberty Jail?

2. Where did Emma have the bodies reburied?

3. Joseph and whom, as well as others, were commanded to give themselves up for trial related to the destruction of the press?

4. The statements that the author makes about how many wives Joseph had and under what circumstances are what?

5. What was the name of the judge who issued the arrest warrant for Joseph Smith in regard to the disturbance in Daviess County and Mormons voting?

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