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

2. What were the initials the football team wore on their helmets?

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

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

5. Eric settled for making plans to destroy a high school, but what was his real desire?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Fuselier say about the dyad?

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

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

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

9. What did Fuselier realize was the biggest danger for the community when the idea of a third conspirator was eventually disproved?

10. Describe the story Dylan had written for a creative writing assignment, where he got his information, and the reaction of his teacher.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What was the plan Dylan and Eric came up with to destroy the school? What caused them to create this plan? How did it go wrong? Describe the events of the year leading up to the shooting. What were the catalysts that caused Dylan and Eric to solidify their plans?

Essay Topic 3

What was the popular myth circulated about Cassie Bernall's death? What was the truth? Why did the churches continue to tell the myth as fact? What were the reactions of her parents both to the myth and to the truth?

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