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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. What did Eric say in an effort to appear "confessional" when he was confronted about his alcohol use.
(a) That he was addicted.
(b) That he'd never tried it at all.
(c) That he had tasted it but didn't like it.
(d) That he believed he would die if he tasted it.

2. Eric settled for making plans to destroy a high school, but what was his real desire?
(a) To extinguish the species.
(b) To kill all the Jews.
(c) To kill everyone who wasn't white.
(d) To kill the jocks and bullies.

3. What did Eric's website encourage people to do to Brooks?
(a) Vandalize his car.
(b) Harass him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Turn him in to police.

4. Why was Dylan making D's in school and showing no interest?
(a) He coudn't grasp the science classes.
(b) He expected to be dead soon.
(c) He was working so many hours he didn't have time to study.
(d) He couldn't seem to concentrate.

5. What did Eric call his journal?
(a) The Book of Eric.
(b) The Book of God.
(c) Between God and Eric.
(d) The Word According to Eric.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Fuselier say the public couldn't understand Eric's actions?

2. Which of the following was not one of the things that impressed Jefco Magistrate John DeVita when he heard evidence against Dylan and Eric for breaking into the van?

3. What was the basis for the Klebold's lawsuit against the sheriff's department?

4. How long were the transcripts of the interviews with Dylan's and Eric's parents sealed?

5. Who brought in $300,000 for the Clement Park memorial?

Short Essay Questions

1. What piece of evidence did Fuselier discover that led him to the conclusion that Eric and Dylan hadn't targeted individual students and what was it that made that clear to him?

2. What did the author say were the two main traits of a psychopath?

3. Describe the incident involving the crosses.

4. Why did the kids begin referring to the "Columbine Curse?"

5. What were the main points of the "how-to guides" issued by the government in the years following Columbine?

6. What did Patrick come to realize about architecture school and why? What were his alternate plans?

7. At the end of chapter one, the author noted the massacre at Columbine would become known as "the worst school shooting in America." Why would that have appalled Dylan and Eric?

8. What did the author say people thought about the final actions of Dylan's and Eric's lives and what did he say were the actual reasons they didn't continue killing until they were gunned down by police?

9. What was the challenge Patrick faced during his rehabilitation period with regard to speech and what happened when he was given a pen and paper?

10. What was the situation with gun clips that almost clued Eric's father in to the fact of Eric's gun possession?

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