Gerald N. Lund Trivia

1. Which family member was nearly whipped in this book?

From Quiz Thy Gold to Refine

Answer: Peter

Peter had left the Di-Ahman settlement and gone after their lost horse. He was caught by mobbers when he tried to help a man who had been whipped. The mobbers tied Peter to a tree and would have whipped him if Matthew and Nathan had not come and rescued him. Nathan was whipped in book two and Benjamin was beaten in book three.

From Quiz Truth Will Prevail

Answer: Moses

Christ came first and accepted his temple. Elijah brought the keys to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, fulfilling the prophecy from Malachi 5:3-4. Elias appeared and committed the dispensation of the gospel of Abraham.

From Quiz Like A Fire is Burning

Answer: Mother Smith

Martin led a later group of Saints and Thomas Marsh led the second half of Mother Smith's group. Joseph had gone ahead to Ohio with Emma to prepare for the other Saints to come.

From Quiz Pillar of Light

Answer: Joseph and Hyrum worked for the Steeds

Martin Harris suggested the Smiths as day laborers to help the Steeds with their new farm. As far as we know, the Smiths were not at the barn-raising and they do not seem the type to frequent the tavern.

From Quiz Thy Gold to Refine

Answer: Nathan and Matthew

The Battle of Crooked River was really just a skirmish, which the Mormons won. "Never has there been so great an example of winning the battle, but losing the war." At the threat of execution, the men who had fought in the battle were forced to flee Far West before the siege. It was at this battle that David Patten was killed - the first apostle martyr of the latter days.

From Quiz Truth Will Prevail

Answer: Savannah, Georgia

Savannah was one of many places to buy cotton. Joshua first met Will on the docks. Will showed him around Savannah and helped introduce him to a cotton factor. Eventually, Joshua met and fell in love with Will's mother, Caroline.

From Quiz Like A Fire is Burning

Answer: Nathan

They had planned for their son's name to be Nathan Morgan Steed, after his father. Instead, because of an impression Nathan had during the blessing, he blessed the baby Joshua Benjamin Steed. They later named two of their sons Nathan Joseph. Little Nathan died when he was four, and later they used the name again, calling the boy Joseph.

From Quiz Pillar of Light

Answer: 6

And an enthusiastic 6 he is!

From Quiz Like A Fire is Burning

Answer: Melissa and Carl

Nathan and Lydia also married at the beginning of the book. Joshua married Jessica in book 1, "Pillar of Light", and they divorce in "Like a Fire is Burning". Joshua marries Caroline in Book 3, "Truth Will Prevail" which is also where Mary and Hyrum marry.

From Quiz Pillar of Light

Answer: with Will Murdock

He did visit Lydia whenever he could. At this time, Nathan still lived with his parents. Joshua eventually got his own room in town.

From Quiz Thy Gold to Refine

Answer: Joshua

Nathan and Matthew had fled with the other men who fought at Crooked River and Benjamin and Derek had to go to the town square to surrender their arms. While the men were being held, General Lucas unleashed the Missouri militia on the town of Far West. Joshua burst into the Steed cabin at the last minute, saving the women from some of the militia. He eventually was forced to shoot one of the men. The other two managed to catch Joshua when he was sneaking out of town. They shot him and left him for dead. He survived, but ended up partly paralized.

From Quiz Truth Will Prevail

Answer: Truth Will Prevail

Heber C. Kimball took it for a sign regarding the coming of the missionaries. It is also where the book gets its name. Derek and Peter Ingalls (new characters this book) see the missionaries arrive and get excited by this sign being hung, though they don't yet know why.

From Quiz Pillar of Light

Answer: threatened to shoot

This was a very tense moment. Nathan and Benjamin finally tracked Joshua down after his attempt to steal the plates from Joseph. For a second, I really thought Joshua would shoot his father, but luckily, he ran away instead.

From Quiz Thy Gold to Refine

Answer: Rebecca

Rebecca had gone to Mary Smith's to help out. Hyrum was brought in chains to his cabin to gather a few personal items before being taken to Independence for trial. Once they left, Rebecca ran for Mother Smith and helped her get to the wagons so she could speak with her sons, Joseph and Hyrum.

From Quiz Truth Will Prevail

Answer: cholera

While all of these diseases caused many deaths at this time, we know that they lost their parents, two brothers, two sisters and three in-laws to a cholera epidemic. Derek was fifteen at the time and Peter only seven.

From Quiz Like A Fire is Burning

Answer: Parley P. Pratt

Heber and Nathan gave Parley a blessing that told him to go on a mission to Cananda. On the way home, Heber felt impressed to tell Nathan that he would accomany Parley to Toronto.

From Quiz Pillar of Light

Answer: Independence, Missouri

Although he spent time in Cincinatti, he ended up in Missouri, which is very important in the following books. Joshua never returned to Palmyra and Lydia was the one that went to Boston.

From Quiz Thy Gold to Refine

Answer: Benjamin

Nearly every male who held any kind of leadership position in the Church was arrested, mostly out of spite. They were marched through the cold and quartered in a building with no roof. Many grew sick, especially Benjamin, who almost died. The arrests were completely illegal and eventually the prisoners were released.

From Quiz Like A Fire is Burning

Answer: get baptized

Benjamin agreed to help the Saints build the temple, but Joseph told him that to really help, he needed to be baptized and receive the keys of the priesthood. To Mary Ann's joy and amazement, Benjamin agreed to Joseph's request.

From Quiz Pillar of Light

Answer: outside her father's store

Nathan did see her at the barn-raising and she came out to the Steed farm at least once. But the first time they met was outside her father's store and Nathan was completely tongue-tied. We learn later that Nathan first fell in love with Lydia when he saw her in the cherry orchard at her Aunt and Uncle's farm!

From Quiz Thy Gold to Refine

Answer: Caroline and Will

Earlier in the year, Joseph had prophesied that an Elder would preach in Independence before the year was up. When Joshua heard this, he tried to discourage Joseph, because Jackson County was so unsafe for Mormons. But Joseph was a prisoner when many came to see him and ask questions. He preached a short sermon in answer to their questions.

From Quiz Truth Will Prevail

Answer: Benjamin

Many prominent church members fell away at this time, including all three witnesses to the Book of Mormon - Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris and David Whitmer - as well as several members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

From Quiz Like A Fire is Burning

Answer: Brigham Young

"The Lord will have a pure people." The men were struck with a plague because they were not worthy to redeem Zion. Some died. Joseph was struck with the illness when he attempted to heal some of the men. Although only half of the men took sick, it was a lesson to them all. Brigham Young had been promised that, if he went on Zion's Camp, no harm would befall him.

From Quiz Thy Gold to Refine

Answer: Nathan

Even though Joshua tried to go alone, Nathan insisted on accompanying him. It was Nathan who told Caroline that Joshua was still alive and in the carriage outside. Unfortunately, the family was not reunited, as Will had run away to avenge Joshua's "murder".

From Quiz Truth Will Prevail

Answer: Rebecca

Rebecca had stayed behind to help Nathan and Lydia until they could move to Missouri. Rebecca opened the door to find Derek and Peter Ingalls, immigrants from England, with a letter of introduction from Heber C. Kimball. Derek and Rebecca took an instant like to each other and they eventually married, though not until book four, "Thy Gold to Refine".

From Quiz Pillar of Light

Answer: Nathan Steed

This is a very touching scene when Mary Ann is dismayed, thinking she cannot be baptised. But Joseph informs her that Nathan had, that day, received the priesthood and could perform the ordinance for his family.

From Quiz Thy Gold to Refine

Answer: Jessica's

Jessica left with Amanda Smith, Mary Smith and Mercy Thompson. Matthew and Derek went along to help drive the wagons and Jenny and Katherine McIntire also went to help take care of the children. The group met Joshua, Caroline, Melissa and Carl along the way. Jessica continued on with her family and the McIntire girls as well as Caroline and Melissa. Derek and Matthew turned back to accompany Joshua and Carl to Far West with their wagons of supplies for the beleaguered family.

From Quiz Truth Will Prevail

Answer: Rebecca and Derek

Jessica and Joshua are both lucky enough to find someone new to marry. Both marry a widow/widower with two children. Hyrum Smith marries Mary Fielding when his first wife, Jerusha dies. Joseph receives revelation that Hyrum should marry Mary Fielding so his children would have a mother. Though they barely knew each other, they did marry. Their story is one of the most well-known in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

From Quiz Like A Fire is Burning

Answer: Melissa

Melissa had let her church attendence diminish to create peace with her non-member husband. But missing the dedication was very painful for her.

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