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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the girlfriend of Russell Henderson at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?
(a) Chastity Pasley
(b) Rebecca Hilliker
(c) Tiffany Edwards
(d) Sherry Johnson

2. In “Moment: Angels in America” of Act 3, the Narrator states that who is producing Angels in America this year?
(a) Dennis Shepard
(b) Rebecca Hilliker
(c) Romaine Patterson
(d) Doug Laws

3. For what television network did Moisés Kaufman adapt and direct The Laramie Project?
(a) PBS
(b) CNN
(c) ABC
(d) HBO

4. Who was the girlfriend of Aaron McKinney at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?
(a) Kristen Price
(b) Romaine Patterson
(c) Catherine Connolly
(d) Rebecca Hilliker

5. What Laramie resident states in Act 2 that he believes the gay community took “this as an advantage, said this is a good time for us to exploit this”?
(a) Russell Henderson
(b) Gil Engen
(c) Father Roger Schmit
(d) Reverend Fred Phelps

6. Who is described in the play as the first police officer on the scene when Matthew Shepard’s body was discovered?
(a) Philip Dubois
(b) Aaron McKinney
(c) Marge Murray
(d) Reggie Fluty

7. What does the ADL stand for?
(a) American Defense League
(b) Anti-Defamation League
(c) American Domestic Lawyers
(d) Automatic Denial Litigation

8. What is repeated by several of the play’s characters as being the unsaid motto of the people of Laramie?
(a) Don’t judge
(b) Freedom for all
(c) Live and let live
(d) Love everybody

9. In “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2, the Narrator announces the “Matthew Shepard update at three P.M., Saturday” on what date?
(a) March 5
(b) December 19
(c) August 22
(d) October 10

10. Sergeant Hing claims that the Laramie Police had apprehended the suspects in Matthew Shepard’s beating and murder in less than how much time in Act 2?
(a) 1 day
(b) 3 weeks
(c) 12 hours
(d) 4 days

11. The first police officer who arrived on the scene and attempted to save Matthew Shepard states that she had been building a lean-to for what animals, causing open cuts on her hands in Act 2?
(a) Cows
(b) Chickens
(c) Sheep
(d) Llamas

12. Who states in “Moment: A Death Penalty Case” of Act 3, “Oh, I believe in the death penalty one hundred percent. You know, because I want to make sure that guy’s ass dies. This is one instance where I truly believe with all my heart an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”?
(a) Zackie Salmon
(b) Matt Mickelson
(c) Father Roger Schmit
(d) Andy Paris

13. The Judge states in Act 2 that the officers of the Laramie Police Department observed what inside of the truck of the suspects that belonged to the victim?
(a) A hair comb
(b) A credit card
(c) A journal
(d) A class ring

14. What has Romaine Patterson discovered she is going to be honored by in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3?
(a) The Wyoming National Guard
(b) The Anti-Defamation League
(c) The White House
(d) The Laramie Police Department

15. Catherine Connolly states in Act 2 that there were probably about how many people from town at the arraignment?
(a) 27
(b) 50
(c) 140
(d) 100

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many hours was Matthew Shepard abandoned and tied to a fence before being discovered?

2. In “Moment: Dennis Shepard’s Statement” of Act 3, the Narrator states that who were approached by McKinney’s defense team, pleading for their client’s life?

3. What Laramie resident states in Act 2 that he believes if this “had been a heterosexual these two boys decided to take out and rob, this never would have made national news”?

4. Who was the prosecuting attorney in the trial of Aaron James McKinney?

5. According to the Narrator in “Moment: Seeing Matthew” in Act 2, both of the murder suspects pled how to the charges against them?

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