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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 had Eric used as a journal?
(a) A legal pad.
(b) A loose-leaf binder.
(c) A small leather-bound journal.
(d) A spiral notebook.

2. How did Dylan, Eric, and Zack get locker combinations their junior year?
(a) They hacked into the school computer system.
(b) They discovered a pattern and used that to figure out the combinations.
(c) They stole a list from the principal's office.
(d) All the locker combinations were the same.

3. What was the basis for the Klebold's lawsuit against the sheriff's department?
(a) Police should not have released Dylan's name as one of the killers.
(b) They should have been notified of the death threats the police investigted.
(c) Police should have notified the Klebolds before releasing his name to the media.
(d) Police should have kept Dylan from killing himself.

4. What did Eric say in an effort to appear "confessional" when he was confronted about his alcohol use.
(a) That he'd never tried it at all.
(b) That he believed he would die if he tasted it.
(c) That he had tasted it but didn't like it.
(d) That he was addicted.

5. What did Bree Pasquale say about the shooters' targets?
(a) That they were colored, wore white hats, or played sports.
(b) That they were all Christians.
(c) That they were completely random.
(d) That they were all popular kids who picked on Dylan and Eric.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why were there two hundred doves released at the service dedicating the memorial?

3. Why was the affidavit to search Eric's home based on the Browns' complaints never served?

4. What did Misty decide to call the book she planned to write about Cassie?

5. Where did Dylan and Eric get the camcorder used to film the Basement Tapes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the challenge Patrick faced during his rehabilitation period with regard to speech and what happened when he was given a pen and paper?

2. What did the classmate who accompanied Eric to his first Homecoming at Columbine High School recall about him and why didn't she go out with him again?

3. 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?

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

5. What were Dylan's beliefs about God and what did he believe God was doing to him personally?

6. 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?

7. What was Mr. DeAngelo's life like in the years after the shooting?

8. Describe the incident involving the crosses.

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

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

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