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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 was Cassie reading in the moments before her death?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Computers for Dummies.
(c) The Bible
(d) Prep for the ACT.

2. Why was the affidavit to search Eric's home based on the Browns' complaints never served?
(a) It lacked sufficient evidence and was denied.
(b) It wsa served but nothing was found.
(c) No one was home and officers never returned.
(d) It was never taken to a judge for approval.

3. Where was Patrick when he had his first full-blown seizure?
(a) School.
(b) London.
(c) At home.
(d) In the hospital.

4. How long did it take Fuselier to read Eric's diary for the first time?
(a) About three hours.
(b) Three or four days.
(c) Almost an entire day.
(d) About an hour.

5. Of the lawsuits filed, which had the most plausible basis for a judgment against law enforcement officials?
(a) The one filed by the Klebolds.
(b) The one filed by Dave Sanders' daughters.
(c) The one filed by Brian Rohrbough's father.
(d) The one filed by Isaiah Shoels' parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take for the first SWAT team to enter the school building?

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. What was the basis for the Klebold's lawsuit against the sheriff's department?

5. How did Aaron and Kevin get instructions on tending to Dave's wounds?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the author say were the two main traits of a psychopath?

2. 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?

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

4. Why did the idea of the Trench Coat Mafia as a group of shooters become popularly accepted?

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

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 was the situation with gun clips that almost clued Eric's father in to the fact of Eric's gun possession?

8. At the end of chapter one, the author noted the massacre at Columbine would become known as "the worst school shooting in America." Why would that have appalled Dylan and Eric?

9. 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?

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

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