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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the girlfriend of Russell Henderson at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?
(a) Rebecca Hilliker
(b) Tiffany Edwards
(c) Chastity Pasley
(d) Sherry Johnson

2. What two friends of Aaron McKinney does Stephen Belber describe meeting in Act 2?
(a) Rebecca and Laura
(b) Karen and Katie
(c) Shannon and Jen
(d) Melissa and Samantha

3. Who describes the day of Matthew Shepard’s funeral in the beginning of “Moment: Snow” in Act 3?
(a) Marge Murray
(b) Stephen Belber
(c) Matt Galloway
(d) Aaron McKinney

4. What verdict did the jury reach in the case of Aaron McKinney for the charge of first-degree felony murder (kidnapping)?
(a) Not guilty
(b) Guilty
(c) Not guilty by reason of insanity
(d) Mistrial

5. In “Moment: Live and Let Live” of Act 2, who says “Well, it’s preached in schools that being gay is okay”?
(a) Doc O'Connor
(b) Dennis Shepard
(c) Conrad Miller
(d) Aaron Kreifels

6. Who claims in “Moment: Seeing Matthew” of Act 2, “Ultimately, no matter how you dice it, I did have an opportunity”?
(a) Matt Galloway
(b) Dennis Shepard
(c) Rob DeBree
(d) Harry Woods

7. In “Moment: Live and Let Live” from Act 2, Sergeant Hing says that Laramie has “one of the most vocal populations of” what in the state?
(a) College students
(b) Bigots
(c) Women
(d) Gay people

8. The Reverend Fred Phelps claims in Act 3 that “God’s _____ is pure.”
(a) Love
(b) Intuition
(c) Hatred
(d) Forgiveness

9. In “Moment: Aaron McKinney” of Act 3, who is played in a tape recording questioning Aaron McKinney?
(a) Father Roger Schmit
(b) Sergeant Rob DeBree
(c) Jim Geringer
(d) Greg Pierotti

10. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 1 says that there are no more what per capita in Wyoming than there are in New York, Florida, or California?
(a) Gays
(b) Murders
(c) Crime
(d) Bigots

11. In “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2, the Narrator announces the “Matthew Shepard update at three P.M., Saturday” on what date?
(a) August 22
(b) December 19
(c) October 10
(d) March 5

12. Russell Henderson’s Mormon Home Teacher claims to have known Russell for how many years in “Moment: Russell Henderson” of Act 3?
(a) 25
(b) 14
(c) 21
(d) 35

13. What is the title of Moisés Kaufman’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’s later one-acts?
(a) A Streetcar Named Desire
(b) Battle of Angels
(c) In the Winter of Cities
(d) The Glass Menagerie

14. When was the Reverend Fred Phelps born?
(a) 1953
(b) 1929
(c) 1916
(d) 1941

15. What verdict did the jury reach in the case of Aaron McKinney for the charge of aggravated robbery?
(a) Guilty
(b) Not guilty
(c) Not guilty by reason of insanity
(d) Mistrial

Short Answer Questions

1. What Laramie resident states in Act 2 that he believes the gay community took “this as an advantage, said this is a good time for us to exploit this”?

2. What does the ADL stand for?

3. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 2 says that “Aaron McKinney and his friend Russell Henderson came from” where?

4. Who was the girlfriend of Aaron McKinney at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?

5. The first police officer who arrived on the scene and attempted to save Matthew Shepard states that she had been building a lean-to for what animals, causing open cuts on her hands in Act 2?

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