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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Biblical character did Dylan compare himself to?
(a) Job.
(b) Peter.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Judas.

2. Where was Patrick when he had his first full-blown seizure?
(a) London.
(b) School.
(c) At home.
(d) In the hospital.

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

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

5. What color was the van Dylan and Eric broke into in order to steal the electronics?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not one of the things that impressed Jefco Magistrate John DeVita when he heard evidence against Dylan and Eric for breaking into the van?

2. What advice did Brad and Misty get when they discovered the letters in Cassie's room that spoke of sex and violence?

3. Why did Dylan and Eric decide to simply walk into the lunch room with the bombs?

4. What was the animal that captured the attention of a Japanese film crew shooting a documentary about the massacre six months after the shootings?

5. What was the item Brooks and his friend had "taken hostage" after Eric dented the trunk of one car and broke the windshield of another?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Mr. DeAngelo's life like in the years after the shooting?

2. At the end of chapter one, the author noted the massacre at Columbine would become known as "the worst school shooting in America." Why would that have appalled Dylan and Eric?

3. What did the author say people thought about the final actions of Dylan's and Eric's lives and what did he say were the actual reasons they didn't continue killing until they were gunned down by police?

4. What did the author say were the two main traits of a psychopath?

5. What were the main points of the "how-to guides" issued by the government in the years following Columbine?

6. What did Fuselier realize was the biggest danger for the community when the idea of a third conspirator was eventually disproved?

7. Why did the idea of the Trench Coat Mafia as a group of shooters become popularly accepted?

8. What was the situation with gun clips that almost clued Eric's father in to the fact of Eric's gun possession?

9. What was the situation SWAT faced once they were inside the building?

10. What were Dylan's beliefs about God and what did he believe God was doing to him personally?

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