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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 Aaron McKinney at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?
(a) Romaine Patterson
(b) Catherine Connolly
(c) Rebecca Hilliker
(d) Kristen Price

2. Where is the Westboro Baptist Church based?
(a) Topeka, Kansas
(b) Boston, Massachusetts
(c) St. Louis, Missouri
(d) Atlanta, Georgia

3. For what television network did Moisés Kaufman adapt and direct The Laramie Project?
(a) CNN
(b) HBO
(c) ABC
(d) PBS

4. Who submits a statement to the court as the grandmother of Russell Henderson in “Moment: Russell Henderson” of Act 3?
(a) Sherry Johnson
(b) Barbara Pitts
(c) Lucy Thompson
(d) Romaine Patterson

5. Who states in “Moment: A Death Penalty Case” of Act 3, “Oh, I believe in the death penalty one hundred percent. You know, because I want to make sure that guy’s ass dies. This is one instance where I truly believe with all my heart an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”?
(a) Father Roger Schmit
(b) Zackie Salmon
(c) Andy Paris
(d) Matt Mickelson

6. What was the term that was used to refer to the individuals who dressed as angels and assembled around the Westboro Baptist Church protesters at the trial of Russell Henderson?
(a) Gay Justice
(b) Friends of Peace
(c) Angel Action
(d) Humans With Hearts

7. 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

8. Who decided to organize a group of individuals to assemble around the Westboro Baptist Church protesters dressed as angels at the trial of Russell Henderson?
(a) Marge Murray
(b) Rob DeBree
(c) Harry Woods
(d) Romaine Patterson

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

10. Who says in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3, “We shot down the villains. We sent the prostitutes on the train. The town’s cleaned up, and we don’t need to talk about it anymore”?
(a) Jonas Slonaker
(b) Aaron Kreifels
(c) Sergeant Hing
(d) Reverend Fred Phelps

11. For what newspaper does Kerry Drake report in The Laramie Project?
(a) The Jackson Hole News
(b) The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
(c) The Casper Star-Tribune
(d) The Laramie Boomerang

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

13. Who is described in the play as the first police officer on the scene when Matthew Shepard’s body was discovered?
(a) Philip Dubois
(b) Aaron McKinney
(c) Reggie Fluty
(d) Marge Murray

14. Rulon Stacey states in “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2 that Matthew Shepard’s major injuries upon arrival at the hospital consisted of a skull fracture and what?
(a) An amputated arm
(b) Hypothermia
(c) Lung collapse
(d) Gunshot wounds

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Catherine Connolly states that the arraignment took place on what day of the week in Act 2?

2. Romaine Patterson claims in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3 that in the past year she has changed her major and will be studying what?

3. The Judge completes the arraignment in Act 2 by stating that “Said defendants left the victim” how?

4. In “Moment: The Essential Facts” in Act 2, the Newspaperperson states that the focus is on what courthouse?

5. What is repeated by several of the play’s characters as being the unsaid motto of the people of Laramie?

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