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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Coach Sanders usually go on Friday nights?
(a) At home.
(b) At the home of his friends, Mr. and Mrs. DeAngelo.
(c) Columbine Lounge.
(d) At school grading papers and making lesson plans.

2. Which of the following was NOT among the activities available for students who attended the after-prom party in the Columbine gym?
(a) A maze.
(b) Casino games.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Bungee jumping.

3. Why did Eric and Dylan set bombs off in a field on the morning of the shooting?
(a) They don't have a reason.
(b) For one last test run for the timer.
(c) As decoys.
(d) To destroy their final weapons.

4. Why was Mr. D. absent from the lunchroom when the A lunch group arrived?
(a) His secretary had booked an interview for him.
(b) He'd heard rumors of the attack and was looking for Eric.
(c) He'd heard rumors of the attack and was hiding.
(d) He had a last-minute phone call.

5. What religion was Dylan's mom?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Baptist.

6. Who told Misty and Brad Bernall there were no students still alive in the high school?
(a) A district attorney.
(b) A journalist.
(c) A student.
(d) A cop standing guard at the perimeter.

7. Where did Dylan's brother Byron work at the time of the shooting?
(a) A pizza place.
(b) A school.
(c) No where.
(d) An auto dealership.

8. What was the birth defect Eric had surgery on in junior high?
(a) A cleft palate.
(b) A misshapen lower lip.
(c) A birth mark on his left cheek.
(d) A sunken sternum.

9. Who was the first of the victims?
(a) Richard Castaldo.
(b) Rachel Scott.
(c) Dave Sanders.
(d) Danny Rohrbough.

10. What did police see as the two most effective means of piecing together what happened?
(a) The reports from the first police on the scene and other eye witnesses.
(b) Eye witnesses and physical evidence.
(c) The school's video system and reports from the first police on the scene.
(d) Physical evidence and the school's video system.

11. Who was Linda Lou?
(a) Coach Sanders' wife.
(b) Dylan's dte for the prom.
(c) Eric's date for the prom.
(d) Mr. DeAngelo's daughter.

12. What was the message Kathy got about Patrick when she returned home?
(a) That he'd been taken to a hospital.
(b) That he was dead.
(c) That he was safe.
(d) That he probably wouldn't survive.

13. What color was the dress Robyn Anderson wore to the prom?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Pink.
(d) White.

14. What was Dave Sanders' condition when SWAT arrived where he was hiding?
(a) He was alive but his condition was hopeless.
(b) He was conscious but not coherent.
(c) He was alive, talking and walking.
(d) He was already dead.

15. Why was there such a sense of urgency to the investigation even after Dylan and Eric were identified as the shooters and positively identified as being among the dead?
(a) There were messages hinting at future violence.
(b) Everyone believed there would be copycats over the coming days.
(c) The police believed the parents of the boys have information.
(d) The police still believed the boys were part of a terrorist cell.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Patti Nielson realize Dylan and Eric weren't firing a BB gun?

2. What did Coach Sanders do that made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches special?

3. Why did the pastor of the St. Phillip Lutheran Church decide to contact the Klebolds?

4. How many students did Dylan shoot when he cornered about a hundred on the stairwell?

5. Where did many of the kids go to get away from their homes and families?

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