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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. Where was Dave Sanders shot?

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

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

4. What was Misty's job before she'd quit to be a full-time mom?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the incident involving the crosses.

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

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

4. What was the situation SWAT faced once they were inside the building?

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

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why were the actions of Dylan and Eric so difficult for the public to understand? What was the impact of their deaths on the investigation and the recovery? Why did the Klebold's attorney warn them that the public was going to hate them? Was he correct?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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