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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 21 - 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Dan first become introduced to the idea of polygamy?
(a) At chiropractic school.
(b) At church.
(c) At his gym.
(d) At summer camp.

2. The Mormons decided to select a new leader based on the candidate's ______________.
(a) Ideas about polygamy.
(b) Ideas for overthrowing the government.
(c) Youth.
(d) Upbringing.

3. What does Krakuer explain is his larger objective in the story of the Laffertys?
(a) To discuss the necessity of religion.
(b) To discuss he closeness of brothers.
(c) To discuss crime committed in the name of God.
(d) To discuss the evolution of religion.

4. Dan and Ron believed Brenda and Erica's deaths were _______.
(a) Tragic.
(b) Justified.
(c) Unremarkable.
(d) Inevitable.

5. How did Dan remember his childhood?
(a) As an unconventional one.
(b) As a happy one.
(c) As a traumatic one.
(d) He has no memory of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Debbie Palmer was her own step-grandmother because polygamist men have the right to marry their ______.

2. Why, according to Krakauer, is it difficult for Mormon's to paint a flaw-free picture of Smith?

3. Whose will did Dan and Ron believe they were carrying out?

4. How was Allen Lafferty related to Brenda?

5. Why were people drawn to Joseph Smith?

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