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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 do when he became bored with the images on the Doom game?
(a) Killed them all.
(b) Invented his own.
(c) Quit playing altogether.
(d) Moved to another game.

2. What happened to break up the friendship between Zack, Dylan and Eric?
(a) Eric and Dylan grew closer, leaving Zack out.
(b) Zack met a girl.
(c) Dylan and Zack argued.
(d) Zack refused to have anything to do with a plan to shoot up the school.

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

4. What did Misty decide to call the book she planned to write about Cassie?
(a) She said Yes; The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall.
(b) She said Yes; The Last Words of Cassie Bernall.
(c) She said Yes; The Death of my Baby, Cassie Bernall.
(d) She sid Yes; The Failure of Christianity to Save Cassie Bernll.

5. Why did Dylan and Eric decide to simply walk into the lunch room with the bombs?
(a) They hoped someone would stop them.
(b) They actually hid them the previous night.
(c) They couldn't figure out an alternative.
(d) They hoped seeing the bags would send kids running outside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the piece of information Fuselier gained from the first words of Eric's journal?

2. What did Dylan write about in his diary almost exclusively up to the final week before the shootings?

3. What Biblical character did Dylan compare himself to?

4. How did Kevin suggest Dave be taken out of the room?

5. What did Eric name his shotgun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the messages from Dylan and Eric about their parents on the final edition of the Basement Tapes?

2. What did the author say people thought about the final actions of Dylan's and Eric's lives and what did he say were the actual reasons they didn't continue killing until they were gunned down by police?

3. What did Misty Bernall answer when Oprah asked if she wished Cassie had denied her Christianity in the hope that she might not be killed?

4. What was the message Brian Rohrbough crafted for the memorial, what did officials ask him to do, and why did he win the argument?

5. What was the discussion behind the families' decision whether to sue the county?

6. What was the discrepancy between what Frank DeAngelo remembered about the first moments of the shooting and what his secretary remembered, and how did the author explain the difference?

7. What piece of evidence did Fuselier discover that led him to the conclusion that Eric and Dylan hadn't targeted individual students and what was it that made that clear to him?

8. What was the problem Misty Bernall and her publisher faced with regard to Misty's book about Cassie's death and what were her decision?

9. What did Patrick come to realize about architecture school and why? What were his alternate plans?

10. Describe the incident involving the crosses.

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