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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to break up the friendship between Zack, Dylan and Eric?
(a) Eric and Dylan grew closer, leaving Zack out.
(b) Dylan and Zack argued.
(c) Zack refused to have anything to do with a plan to shoot up the school.
(d) Zack met a girl.

2. Why did the author believe Dylan had that story in the car with him on the day of the murders?
(a) He was supposed to turn it in that day.
(b) He had just gotten it back from his teacher.
(c) He'd wanted to leave it to explain why he'd killed.
(d) He'd wanted to read it to bolster his courage.

3. What did Dylan write about in his diary almost exclusively up to the final week before the shootings?
(a) Love.
(b) His desire to kill.
(c) Bombs.
(d) How much he hates everyone.

4. Why was the affidavit to search Eric's home based on the Browns' complaints never served?
(a) It lacked sufficient evidence and was denied.
(b) It was never taken to a judge for approval.
(c) It wsa served but nothing was found.
(d) No one was home and officers never returned.

5. In Chapter 29, the author described "missions" Eric, Dylan, and Zack carried out. Who chose the targets of those missions?
(a) Zack.
(b) Dylan.
(c) All three.
(d) Eric.

6. How long were the transcripts of the interviews with Dylan's and Eric's parents sealed?
(a) Four years.
(b) Forever.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Twenty years.

7. What was Mr. DeAngelo doing when he learned there were shots being fired?
(a) Disciplining a student.
(b) Talking to an angry parent.
(c) About to offer a teacher a job.
(d) Working on a report for the board of education.

8. Which of the following was not on Dylan's list of "pros" as he listed them two years prior to the shooting?
(a) Food.
(b) Health.
(c) A nice family.
(d) A home.

9. How many times did the Browns say they had contacted the police to warn about Eric's violent behavior?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Three.
(d) Nine.

10. What did Misty Bernall want to be the focus of the book she wrote about Cassie?
(a) The impact of Cassie's death.
(b) The final moment of Cassie's life.
(c) The day Cassie accepted God as her savior.
(d) Cassie's life and struggles prior to the shooting.

11. What was the animal that captured the attention of a Japanese film crew shooting a documentary about the massacre six months after the shootings?
(a) Deer.
(b) Prairie dogs.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Elk.

12. How long did it take for the first SWAT team to enter the school building?
(a) Just more than ten minutes.
(b) Forty-seven minutes.
(c) Almost three hours.
(d) Just less than twenty minutes.

13. Who brought in $300,000 for the Clement Park memorial?
(a) Johnny Depp.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Sheryl Crow.

14. Who was the person Eric had the most difficulty fooling with his various acts?
(a) Wayne Harris.
(b) Mr. DeAngelo.
(c) Dave Sanders.
(d) Dylan.

15. What had Eric used as a journal?
(a) A small leather-bound journal.
(b) A legal pad.
(c) A loose-leaf binder.
(d) A spiral notebook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Val when she was shot?

2. What had investigators John Hicks and Mike Guerra discovered at Eric's house when they were investigating a complaint from the Browns?

3. Which of the following was NOT on Eric's "to do" list created a month before the shooting?

4. What did people think when Val's story came out of proclaiming her faith in the face of a shotgun?

5. Why was Dylan making D's in school and showing no interest?

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