2. When did Patti Nielson realize Dylan and Eric weren't firing a BB gun?
(a) When a bullet tore through her abdomen.
(b) When she saw the size of a hole shot through a window.
(c) When she saw student fall.
(d) When she heard a shotgun blast.

3. What was the birth defect Eric had surgery on in junior high?
(a) A misshapen lower lip.
(b) A birth mark on his left cheek.
(c) A cleft palate.
(d) A sunken sternum.

4. Where was Dylan expected to attend college?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Arkansas.

5. Where did Dylan's brother Byron work at the time of the shooting?
(a) A pizza place.
(b) A school.
(c) An auto dealership.
(d) No where.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did an officer assume there was a terrorist attack in progress at the school?

2. What was the name of the business Tom Kelbold owned?

3. How many law enforcement agencies were present within an hour of the beginning of the attack?

4. What distracted Eric from following Nielson?

5. What did Chris Morris' mom give police when they arrived to search the Morris house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the moment when Dylan could have fired on about a hundred kids running up the stairwell but didn't.

2. Describe Dylan's heritage, his and how this might have affected his reaction to Eric's attitudes about Jews and Hitler.

3. Where is Nate Dykeman when he learned of the shooting and what was his reaction?

4. Briefly describe Susan's evening with Eric on prom night.

5. Why was FBI Special Agent Dwayne Fuselier "on edge" the Monday after the prom?

6. What were some of the things people believed caused Dylan and Eric to shoot their classmates and where did Dylan and Eric fall on that list of causes?

7. What did police realize the danger was when dozens of students rushed to them for protection and how did they address that?

8. Describe Dave Sanders' time at the Columbine Lounge, how he was different from most of the men there, and what was important to him.

9. What was the rumor perpetuated about Danny Rohrbough's death and what was his father's reaction to that rumor?

10. Describe the area known as "the commons," including its purpose.

(see the answer keys)

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