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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Squirrels.
(c) Prairie dogs.
(d) Elk.

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

4. What was the name of the store where Eric shopped in an effort to attain an "edgier" look?
(a) Hot Topic.
(b) Old Navy.
(c) Sun and Sand.
(d) MoonBeams.

5. 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.

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

7. Where did Dylan and Eric get the camcorder used to film the Basement Tapes?
(a) Robyn Anderson.
(b) Eric's parents.
(c) Dylan's brother.
(d) The school library.

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

9. Who led the student body in on the day of the ribbon cutting on the remodeled school building?
(a) Patrick Ireland.
(b) Misty Bernall.
(c) Anne Hochhalter.
(d) Mr. DeAngelo.

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

11. What was Misty's job before she'd quit to be a full-time mom?
(a) Industrial engineer.
(b) Financial analyst.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Loan officer.

12. Which of the following was NOT on Eric's "to do" list created a month before the shooting?
(a) Destroy all the evidence in his room.
(b) Practice gear-ups.
(c) Determine the peak killing moment.
(d) Figure out Napalm.

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

14. 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) Who had conspired to help them?
(b) How had they gotten the bombs in the school?
(c) How had the killers gotten the guns?
(d) How could the Klebolds and Harrises be held accountable?

15. What did Bob say was his reason for wanting to meet with the parents of Eric and Dylan?
(a) To relieve them of blame.
(b) To decide if he should sue them.
(c) To learn about Dylan and Eric before the shootings.
(d) To find out why their sons went crazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did people think when Val's story came out of proclaiming her faith in the face of a shotgun?

2. Why was the affidavit to search Eric's home based on the Browns' complaints never served?

3. Why was Dylan making D's in school and showing no interest?

4. Which of the following did the author say was one of the raging questions plaguing the public?

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

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