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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Cassie reading in the moments before her death?
(a) Computers for Dummies.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) The Bible
(d) Prep for the ACT.

2. What was Misty's job before she'd quit to be a full-time mom?
(a) Loan officer.
(b) Industrial engineer.
(c) Financial analyst.
(d) Lawyer.

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

4. What caused Patrick to start crying for the first time after the shooting?
(a) The sight of his mother crying.
(b) The information that he would never walk again.
(c) The realization that he had almost died.
(d) The information that his friend, Corey DePooter had died.

5. Where was Dave Sanders shot?
(a) In the chest.
(b) In the face and left leg.
(c) In the right arm and right leg.
(d) In the back and neck.

6. What did Bree Pasquale say about the shooters' targets?
(a) That they were all Christians.
(b) That they were all popular kids who picked on Dylan and Eric.
(c) That they were completely random.
(d) That they were colored, wore white hats, or played sports.

7. What did Craig Scott have that he feared would make him one of Dylan and Eric's victims?
(a) A football helmet.
(b) A white hat.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A football.

8. 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 they gotten the bombs in the school?
(b) Who had conspired to help them?
(c) How could the Klebolds and Harrises be held accountable?
(d) How had the killers gotten the guns?

9. Where did Dylan and Eric get the camcorder used to film the Basement Tapes?
(a) Eric's parents.
(b) Dylan's brother.
(c) The school library.
(d) Robyn Anderson.

10. Why was Dylan making D's in school and showing no interest?
(a) He was working so many hours he didn't have time to study.
(b) He coudn't grasp the science classes.
(c) He expected to be dead soon.
(d) He couldn't seem to concentrate.

11. Eric settled for making plans to destroy a high school, but what was his real desire?
(a) To kill everyone who wasn't white.
(b) To kill the jocks and bullies.
(c) To kill all the Jews.
(d) To extinguish the species.

12. What class was Anne Hochhalter taking at the high school the year after the shooting?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Literature.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Physics.

13. What was the name of the store where Eric shopped in an effort to attain an "edgier" look?
(a) Hot Topic.
(b) MoonBeams.
(c) Old Navy.
(d) Sun and Sand.

14. What was Dylan's teacher's reaction to Dylan's story about shooting up the school?
(a) She gave him a "D" and said it sounded like a movie she'd seen.
(b) She entered it in a state contest.
(c) She contacted his parents and his guidance counselor.
(d) She put it down to a creative mind.

15. Why did Dylan and Eric ignore more than thirty students hiding in the library that would have been easy victims?
(a) They were busy shooting at deputies.
(b) They were avoiding their friends.
(c) They were bored.
(d) They didn't see them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who led the student body in on the day of the ribbon cutting on the remodeled school building?

2. What was Zack Heckler's nickname?

3. In Chapter 29, the author described "missions" Eric, Dylan, and Zack carried out. Who chose the targets of those missions?

4. What was Mr. DeAngelo's mission the year after the shooting?

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

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