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

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

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

4. Where was Dave Sanders shot?

5. Why did doctors decide not to operate on Patrick's foot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the Jefco Sheriff say it took so long for police to get into the building and bring the victims out?

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Basement Tapes, their contents, and their effect on the investigation. What did investigators learn from those tapes?

Essay Topic 2

Describe some of the myths that arose following the shooting. Why were some of these myths perpetrated? Why did the public seize the ideas that Dylan and Eric were Goth, were picked on, and were targeting specific kids as victims? What was wrong with those ideas?

Essay Topic 3

Who was Dave Fuselier? How did he become involved in the situation? What was his role in the investigation? What were his findings?

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