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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40 through 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the detail Nate heard that made him certain Dylan and Eric were involved in the shooting?
(a) The gunmen were white.
(b) The gunmen were tall and one had long, tangled hair.
(c) There were two gunmen with an array of weapons.
(d) The gunmen wore trenchcoats.

2. What was the message Kathy got about Patrick when she returned home?
(a) That he was dead.
(b) That he was safe.
(c) That he'd been taken to a hospital.
(d) That he probably wouldn't survive.

3. Why did the police ask the media to stop showing live footage of the scene?
(a) The parents of the dead students had not been notified.
(b) They wanted to contain information leaking out.
(c) Rooms were equipped with televisions so the shooters could be watching.
(d) They didn't ask.

4. What did students call Frank DeAngelis?
(a) Mr. Frank.
(b) Principal DeAngelis.
(c) Mr. DeAngelis.
(d) Mr. D.

5. Which of the following was NOT one of the questions investigators faced after the four-hour meeting at the high school at the end of the week following the shooting?
(a) How had the killers gotten the guns?
(b) Who had conspired to help them?
(c) How had they gotten the bombs in the school?
(d) How could the Klebolds and Harrises be held accountable?

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did the author say was one of the raging questions plaguing the public?

2. How did the trench coats become popular at Columbine?

3. When did Patti Nielson realize Dylan and Eric weren't firing a BB gun?

4. How long did it take Fuselier to read Eric's diary for the first time?

5. What was Mr. DeAngelo doing when he learned there were shots being fired?

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