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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. Where did Dylan and Eric go for dinner on Monday night before Tuesday's shootings?
(a) I-Hop.
(b) Taco Bell.
(c) McDonald's.
(d) Outback Steakhouse.

2. What was written on Dylan's t-shirt when police found him dead in the library?
(a) TCM.
(b) Smile.
(c) Bite me.
(d) Wrath.

3. What, according to the author, was the fatal mistake reporters made when questioning students?
(a) That they didn't understand teen language.
(b) That the students were too traumatized to be good witnesses.
(c) That they treated every student as an eye witness.
(d) That they didn't have parental consent to talk to students.

4. What advice did Brad and Misty get when they discovered the letters in Cassie's room that spoke of sex and violence?
(a) To get tough.
(b) To ignore them.
(c) To take it to the police.
(d) To put Cassie in a hospital.

5. What color was the van Dylan and Eric broke into in order to steal the electronics?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT on Eric's "to do" list created a month before the shooting?

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

3. What happens to bring an end to the extensive media coverage of the Columbine shootings?

4. Where was Patrick when he had his first full-blown seizure?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

6. What were the main points of the "how-to guides" issued by the government in the years following Columbine?

7. What were some of the things on Dylan's "bad list" as outlined in Chapter 33?

8. What did Fuselier say about the dyad?

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

10. Describe the "missions" Eric, Dylan, and Zack perpetrated and how their targets were chosen.

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