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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. What did Eric and Dylan say when students questioned them about the large duffel bags they used to carry the bombs?
(a) They said they had bombs and everyone thought it was a joke.
(b) They said they had equipment for gym class.
(c) They said it was a science experiment.
(d) No one questioned them.

2. Where did Coach Sanders usually go on Friday nights?
(a) At school grading papers and making lesson plans.
(b) At home.
(c) Columbine Lounge.
(d) At the home of his friends, Mr. and Mrs. DeAngelo.

3. What did John Ireland look for as a sign his son, Patrick, was safe?
(a) Patrick's car missing from the parking lot.
(b) An officer to tell them what's going on.
(c) Patrick's name on a board at Leawood Elementry.
(d) Patrick's car in the parking lot.

4. What did Coach Sanders do that made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches special?
(a) Cut them in heart shapes.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Used two kinds of jelly.
(d) Hid gummy worms in them.

5. Where were Dylan's parents when he left the house?
(a) The book doesn't say.
(b) Still in bed.
(c) Gone to work.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Danny and his friends assume was happening when Eric and Dylan began shooting?

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

3. Where did Brad Bernall sit watching the scene at Columbine the night after the shooting?

4. What did Dylan's hair look like?

5. Who was the first of the victims?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Danny Rohrbough die?

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. What was Wayne Harris' attitude about punishment?

8. Describe Brian Rohrbough's method of discovering Danny was dead and his reaction.

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

10. What were Patrick's injuries and how did he get out of the school?

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