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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the message Kathy got about Patrick when she returned home?

2. What did Eric and Dylan say when students questioned them about the large duffel bags they used to carry the bombs?

3. What happened to Rachel Scott's car?

4. How did Fuselier say the situation at Columbine compared to the situation at Waco, Texas?

5. Why did the pastor of the St. Phillip Lutheran Church decide to contact the Klebolds?

Short Essay Questions

1. List three aspects of Dylan's appearance.

2. What did detectives find in the bedrooms of Dylan and Eric and what was different about the findings in the two?

3. How did District Attorney Dave Thomas know who the victims were and what information did he give the parents of those victims that afternoon?

4. Who was Mr. DeAngelo and what were his instructions to the students at Columbine High School on the Friday before prom?

5. How did Danny Rohrbough die?

6. What were some of the reasons there were rumors of more than two shooters from the eyewitnesses leaving the school in the moments after the shooting began?

7. Describe Dave Sanders' time at the Columbine Lounge, how he was different from most of the men there, and what was important to him.

8. 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?

9. Describe the moment when Dylan could have fired on about a hundred kids running up the stairwell but didn't.

10. What were the options available to the students who rushed from the school as soon as the shooting began and where did most go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Dylan and Eric. How were the two similar? How were they different? Include information about their backgrounds, likes, dislikes and the reason they played well as a dyad.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the healing process for at least four members of the community. What were the challenges, the time frames, and the methods? Which do you believe exhibited the most effective methods of healing?

Essay Topic 3

Who was Mr. DeAngelo? What was the purpose of the assembly he called at the high school the Friday before prom? What was his response to the shooting? What was his life like after the shooting?

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