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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 did Tom Klebold learn about the shooting at the high school?
(a) He heard the sirens and went to investigate.
(b) Police came to search his home.
(c) Dylan's friend, Nate, told him.
(d) He heard it on the radio.

2. What was the name of the business Tom Kelbold owned?
(a) Real Time Video Production.
(b) Fountain Real Estate Management.
(c) Videos R Us Video Rental.
(d) First in Line Real Estate Company.

3. What did Danny and his friends assume was happening when Eric and Dylan began shooting?
(a) That Eric and Dylan had followed through on their threats.
(b) That it was a paint gun fight.
(c) That someone was shooting at Dylan and Eric.
(d) That someone behind them was shooting.

4. Where did the deputy write the name "Ned Harris" when one student said that's the name of the shooter?
(a) On a napkin.
(b) On the sack he'd had his lunch in.
(c) On the side of a shed.
(d) On the hood of the patrol car.

5. What was the nickname Eric and Dylan give to the day they plan to bomb the school?
(a) Epiphany.
(b) Apocalypse.
(c) School's Out for Good.
(d) Judgment Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dylan's brother Byron work at the time of the shooting?

2. How many bombs were found in the school after the shooting?

3. What did students call Frank DeAngelis?

4. When had Dylan and Eric been arrested?

5. What did Dylan's hair look like?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Mr. DeAngelo's reaction when the students began applauding as he took the podium at the Light of the World Catholic Church.

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

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

5. What happened within the two minutes Eric realized the bombs inside the school didn't go off?

6. What was the Trench Coat Mafia and how did Dylan and Eric fit into that group?

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

8. What happened to Tom and Sue Klebold on the afternoon and evening after the shooting, and what did their lawyer tell them?

9. Who was Mr. DeAngelo and what were his instructions to the students at Columbine High School on the Friday before prom?

10. Why were Patrick Ireland and Cassie Bernall in the library at the time of the massacre and why was Mr. DeAngelo not in the commons as was his usual practice?

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