View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the slogan many students put on t-shirts in answer to the question, "How do you feel?"
(a) Never better.
(b) Leave me alone.
(c) Bite me.
(d) I'm fine.

2. How many times did the Browns say they had contacted the police to warn about Eric's violent behavior?
(a) Eight.
(b) Nine.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Three.

3. What happened to break up the friendship between Zack, Dylan and Eric?
(a) Dylan and Zack argued.
(b) Eric and Dylan grew closer, leaving Zack out.
(c) Zack met a girl.
(d) Zack refused to have anything to do with a plan to shoot up the school.

4. What did people think when Val's story came out of proclaiming her faith in the face of a shotgun?
(a) That she was a copycat.
(b) That she was foolish.
(c) That she should be declared a martyr.
(d) That she was brave.

5. What did trauma experts say should be the goal of the renovations to the high school?
(a) To raze the school and rebuild from the ground.
(b) To make dramatic changes all over the school.
(c) To make subtle changes except in the library.
(d) To leave evertthing as it was.

6. How did Aaron and Kevin get instructions on tending to Dave's wounds?
(a) From a book in the library.
(b) From their first aid training.
(c) From their scout master.
(d) Aaron's father relayed instructions from paramedics via phone.

7. In Chapter 29, the author described "missions" Eric, Dylan, and Zack carried out. Who chose the targets of those missions?
(a) Dylan.
(b) All three.
(c) Eric.
(d) Zack.

8. What were Dave's final words before losing consciousness?
(a) Please don't let me die.
(b) Tell Dylan I forgive him.
(c) Tell my girls I love them.
(d) Get out of the building.

9. What was Eric's reaction when the Marines determined he was ineligible for duty?
(a) He'd never known.
(b) He'd been relieved.
(c) He'd been furious.
(d) He'd been ecstatic.

10. What did Dylan write about in his diary almost exclusively up to the final week before the shootings?
(a) His desire to kill.
(b) Bombs.
(c) Love.
(d) How much he hates everyone.

11. What did Eric do when he became bored with the images on the Doom game?
(a) Invented his own.
(b) Moved to another game.
(c) Quit playing altogether.
(d) Killed them all.

12. How long did it take Fuselier to read Eric's diary for the first time?
(a) About three hours.
(b) Three or four days.
(c) Almost an entire day.
(d) About an hour.

13. What advice did Brad and Misty get when they discovered the letters in Cassie's room that spoke of sex and violence?
(a) To ignore them.
(b) To take it to the police.
(c) To get tough.
(d) To put Cassie in a hospital.

14. Why did Dylan and Eric ignore more than thirty students hiding in the library that would have been easy victims?
(a) They were busy shooting at deputies.
(b) They didn't see them.
(c) They were bored.
(d) They were avoiding their friends.

15. What did Val say was the most difficult part of the healing process?
(a) Forgiving them for shooting her friend, Lauren.
(b) Forgiving them for scarring her body.
(c) Forgiving others for not stopping Dylan and Eric.
(d) Forgiving them for totally destroying her senior year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eric name his shotgun?

2. What were the initials the football team wore on their helmets?

3. What was Judy Brown's response when Wayne Harris said Eric had confessed to being afraid of her?

4. Why did the boy named Mitchell say he believed Dylan and Eric killed their fellow students?

5. How did the trench coats become popular at Columbine?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 656 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample