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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 newspaper that some, who left the church but stayed in Nauvoo, started?
(a) Nauvoo Expositor.
(b) Nauvoo Times.
(c) Nauvoo News.
(d) Nauvoo Inquisitor.

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

3. Five months after the death of Joseph Smith, Emma gave birth to a boy named what?
(a) David Hyrum.
(b) Joseph Hyrum.
(c) Hyrum David.
(d) Hyrum Joseph.

4. 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?
(a) Austin. C. Smith.
(b) Austin A. King.
(c) Austin. K. Langford.
(d) Austin. B. George.

5. Bennet and Boggs sent sheriffs to arrest Joseph in Nauvoo, on charges of treason, and took him to what location?
(a) Independence.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Dixon.
(d) Liberty jail.

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

7. Newspapers in the east noticed that a ________ _______ was in the making in Nauvoo.
(a) Mormon battalion.
(b) Mormon company.
(c) Mormon empire.
(d) Mormon state.

8. There was a rift between Joseph and his Second Counselor over money and financial matters. What was the name of the Second Counselor?
(a) Bill Davidson.
(b) William Durham.
(c) William Law.
(d) Bill Cannaghan.

9. What was the name of Sydney Rigdon's daughter?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Francis.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Lisa.

10. 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 London.
(c) Governor Boggs.
(d) Governor Tilley.

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

12. The Articles of Faith came from a letter written to whom?
(a) Alastair Guinness.
(b) John Wentworth.
(c) Fred Bennett.
(d) Joseph Lacks.

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

14. While Joseph was in hiding from the charge of attempted murder of Governor Boggs, Emma was pregnant with what number child?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

15. On what day did the Saints gather to celebrate the laying of the cornerstone for the new temple in Far West?
(a) January 1st.
(b) July 4th.
(c) June 13th.
(d) August 9th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Emma use to heal people in Nauvoo?

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

3. Where did Emma have the bodies reburied?

4. Joseph, who was charged with treason, and the sheriffs who took him from Nauvoo were to be tried in what location?

5. Who was the attorney for the Mormons when they were tried after being arrested in Far West?

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