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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take for the first SWAT team to enter the school building?
(a) Just more than ten minutes.
(b) Forty-seven minutes.
(c) Just less than twenty minutes.
(d) Almost three hours.

2. Where was Val when she was shot?
(a) Under a cart in the lunchroom.
(b) Under a table next to Lauren Townsend.
(c) In the stairwell.
(d) Under a desk in the science room.

3. How did Brooks Brown know about the threats against Brooks Eric posted on his website?
(a) Brooks checked Eric's website daily.
(b) Dylan told him about them, prompting Brooks to look.
(c) A teacher found the posts and alerted police.
(d) Eric tagged Brooks, prompting him to look.

4. What was the long-term impact pastors reported after the shootings?
(a) Attendance decreased slightly.
(b) There was none.
(c) Attendance increased dramatically.
(d) Attendance decreated dramatically.

5. 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.

6. What was the item Brooks and his friend had "taken hostage" after Eric dented the trunk of one car and broke the windshield of another?
(a) A term paper.
(b) A backpack.
(c) A laptop.
(d) A set of keys.

7. What did Misty Bernall want to be the focus of the book she wrote about Cassie?
(a) Cassie's life and struggles prior to the shooting.
(b) The final moment of Cassie's life.
(c) The day Cassie accepted God as her savior.
(d) The impact of Cassie's death.

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

9. What happens to bring an end to the extensive media coverage of the Columbine shootings?
(a) A volcano eruption in Europe.
(b) Tornadoes in Oklahoma.
(c) A flood in Louisiana.
(d) An earthquake in Japan.

10. Where was Dave Sanders shot?
(a) In the right arm and right leg.
(b) In the face and left leg.
(c) In the back and neck.
(d) In the chest.

11. What was the piece of information Fuselier gained from the first words of Eric's journal?
(a) That he'd been beated at home.
(b) That he'd been increasingly suicidal.
(c) That he hated everyone, meaning the victims weren't targeted.
(d) That he'd been incredibly depressed.

12. What did the author say was extraordinary about the extra edition of the Rocky Mountain News that was on the street before the bodies in the library had even been found?
(a) That there was an entire paper with no photos.
(b) That it was completely inaccurate.
(c) That it was out so quickly.
(d) That it was accurate in many of the facts.

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

14. 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 couldn't seem to concentrate.
(d) He was working so many hours he didn't have time to study.

15. What color was the van Dylan and Eric broke into in order to steal the electronics?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Biblical character did Dylan compare himself to?

2. Which of the following was not on Dylan's list of "pros" as he listed them two years prior to the shooting?

3. Why did the author believe Dylan had that story in the car with him on the day of the murders?

4. What was Mr. DeAngelo's mission the year after the shooting?

5. What did Bree Pasquale say about the shooters' targets?

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