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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Fuselier say the situation at Columbine compared to the situation at Waco, Texas?
(a) They were equally horrible.
(b) Waco was worse.
(c) He doesn't say.
(d) Columbine was worse.

2. Why did the police ask the media to stop showing live footage of the scene?
(a) They didn't ask.
(b) The parents of the dead students had not been notified.
(c) Rooms were equipped with televisions so the shooters could be watching.
(d) They wanted to contain information leaking out.

3. What was the significant event for the families of the victims on Thursday following the shooting?
(a) The bodies were positively identified.
(b) The bodies were released to families.
(c) The funerals were held.
(d) The police released their reports of how the deaths occurred.

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

5. How were the victims initially identified?
(a) Family identifications.
(b) Dental records.
(c) Fingerprints.
(d) Clothing and descriptions.

6. What did Chris Morris' mom give police when they arrived to search the Morris house?
(a) His computer.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The keys to his car.
(d) His phone.

7. What was the name of the pizza place where Eric and Dylan worked?
(a) Mama Mo's.
(b) Purple Cow.
(c) Blackjack.
(d) Pizza Hut.

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

9. 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.

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

11. How many law enforcement agencies were present within an hour of the beginning of the attack?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Two.

12. How did Tom Klebold learn about the shooting at the high school?
(a) He heard it on the radio.
(b) Police came to search his home.
(c) Dylan's friend, Nate, told him.
(d) He heard the sirens and went to investigate.

13. What was the distinction about Isaiah Shoels?
(a) He was tortured before he was killed.
(b) He was the only African-American victim.
(c) He was the last to be identified.
(d) He was the only boy killed in the library.

14. Where was the Columbine prom being held?
(a) The Columbine gym.
(b) The Columbine commons.
(c) The Denver Design Center.
(d) The Columbine Church of Christ.

15. What happened to Rachel Scott's car?
(a) It became the site of a memorial.
(b) It was vandalized.
(c) It was destroyed by one of the bombs.
(d) It was towed away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people attended Dylan's funeral?

2. What was the name of the church attended by Lauren Townsend and John Tomlin?

3. What was the state of the lunchroom by the time SWAT teams enter?

4. Why was Mr. D. absent from the lunchroom when the A lunch group arrived?

5. What did John Ireland look for as a sign his son, Patrick, was safe?

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