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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did doctors decide not to operate on Patrick's foot?
(a) His parents refused consent.
(b) They believed he wouldn't survive another surgery.
(c) There was nothing they could do to save it.
(d) They believed he would never walk anyway.

2. What had Eric used as a journal?
(a) A spiral notebook.
(b) A legal pad.
(c) A loose-leaf binder.
(d) A small leather-bound journal.

3. What did Eric say in an effort to appear "confessional" when he was confronted about his alcohol use.
(a) That he had tasted it but didn't like it.
(b) That he was addicted.
(c) That he believed he would die if he tasted it.
(d) That he'd never tried it at all.

4. Where was Patrick when he had his first full-blown seizure?
(a) At home.
(b) School.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) London.

5. Which of the following was NOT one of the questions investigators faced after the four-hour meeting at the high school at the end of the week following the shooting?
(a) How could the Klebolds and Harrises be held accountable?
(b) How had they gotten the bombs in the school?
(c) How had the killers gotten the guns?
(d) Who had conspired to help them?

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

7. Why was Dylan making D's in school and showing no interest?
(a) He expected to be dead soon.
(b) He couldn't seem to concentrate.
(c) He coudn't grasp the science classes.
(d) He was working so many hours he didn't have time to study.

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

9. What were the initials the football team wore on their helmets?
(a) We will always remember.
(b) We will never forget.
(c) We will never quit.
(d) MJK for shooting victim Matthew Ketcher.

10. 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) Metal detectors.
(d) Advance confessions.

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

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

13. 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 should be declared a martyr.
(c) That she was foolish.
(d) That she was brave.

14. How did Anne Marie's mother die?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart failure.
(c) A car accident.
(d) Shot herself.

15. What was written on Dylan's t-shirt when police found him dead in the library?
(a) Wrath.
(b) Smile.
(c) Bite me.
(d) TCM.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the van Dylan and Eric broke into in order to steal the electronics?

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

3. What did Misty decide to call the book she planned to write about Cassie?

4. How did Aaron and Kevin get instructions on tending to Dave's wounds?

5. What did trauma experts say should be the goal of the renovations to the high school?

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