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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many possible conspirators were identified by the investigation team in the early days of the investigation?
(a) One.
(b) Eight.
(c) Three.
(d) Eleven.

2. What was the distinction about Isaiah Shoels?
(a) He was the only boy killed in the library.
(b) He was the last to be identified.
(c) He was the only African-American victim.
(d) He was tortured before he was killed.

3. Why did Eric and Dylan set bombs off in a field on the morning of the shooting?
(a) As decoys.
(b) To destroy their final weapons.
(c) For one last test run for the timer.
(d) They don't have a reason.

4. What had Brooks Brown's parents reported to police?
(a) That Dylan had threatened to bomb the school.
(b) That Eric had threatened to bomb the school.
(c) That Dylan had made death threats against Brooks.
(d) That Eric had made death threats against Brooks.

5. What was Columbine High School named for?
(a) A flower.
(b) A county.
(c) A city.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the birth defect Eric had surgery on in junior high?

2. What was the one thing Mr. DeAngelo insisted on and would enforce even at lunchtime?

3. Why was there such a sense of urgency to the investigation even after Dylan and Eric were identified as the shooters and positively identified as being among the dead?

4. Who was Troy Laman?

5. Where was the Columbine prom being held?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Dwayne Fuselier and what prompted him to go to Columbine on the day of the shooting?

2. List two of the questions police asked Robyn and her answer to those questions.

3. Describe the conversation Nate Dykeman had with Dylan's father, Tom Klebold.

4. What had been Dylan and Eric's previous encounter with the law that made their names appear in the juvenile justice database?

5. Describe the police arriving on the scene and what was the immediate problem with organization?

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

7. What was Wayne Harris' attitude about punishment?

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

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

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