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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first family to file a lawsuit?
(a) The family of Cassie Bernall.
(b) The family of Dylan Klebold.
(c) The family of Patrick Ireland.
(d) The family of Isaiah Shoels.

2. Of the lawsuits filed, which had the most plausible basis for a judgment against law enforcement officials?
(a) The one filed by Dave Sanders' daughters.
(b) The one filed by Isaiah Shoels' parents.
(c) The one filed by the Klebolds.
(d) The one filed by Brian Rohrbough's father.

3. What was Cassie reading in the moments before her death?
(a) Computers for Dummies.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Prep for the ACT.
(d) The Bible

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

5. What did the author say was the number one way an adult could stop a school bombing?
(a) Watch for students with bulky bags.
(b) Search all students entering or leaving the building.
(c) Advance confessions.
(d) Metal detectors.

6. What was the animal that captured the attention of a Japanese film crew shooting a documentary about the massacre six months after the shootings?
(a) Deer.
(b) Elk.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Prairie dogs.

7. 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 refused to have anything to do with a plan to shoot up the school.
(d) Zack met a girl.

8. What was Dylan's teacher's reaction to Dylan's story about shooting up the school?
(a) She contacted his parents and his guidance counselor.
(b) She entered it in a state contest.
(c) She gave him a "D" and said it sounded like a movie she'd seen.
(d) She put it down to a creative mind.

9. 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 set of keys.
(b) A term paper.
(c) A backpack.
(d) A laptop.

10. What did Eric name his shotgun?
(a) Terminator.
(b) Missy.
(c) Lucille.
(d) Arlene.

11. 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 put Cassie in a hospital.
(c) To get tough.
(d) To take it to the police.

12. What did Eric call his journal?
(a) The Book of Eric.
(b) The Word According to Eric.
(c) Between God and Eric.
(d) The Book of God.

13. What was Mr. DeAngelo doing when he learned there were shots being fired?
(a) Disciplining a student.
(b) Talking to an angry parent.
(c) Working on a report for the board of education.
(d) About to offer a teacher a job.

14. Why did the boy named Mitchell say he believed Dylan and Eric killed their fellow students?
(a) They were part of a new fanatical cult.
(b) They'd been bullied.
(c) They were ordered to do so by God.
(d) They were insane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the slogan many students put on t-shirts in answer to the question, "How do you feel?"

2. What was the Biblical quote Brian Rohrbrough included on his memorial to Patrick?

3. What caused Patrick to start crying for the first time after the shooting?

4. What did Eric's website encourage people to do to Brooks?

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

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