Columbine Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Dave Cullen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Columbine Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Dave Cullen
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the janitor tell Sean to do?

2. How did Fuselier say the situation at Columbine compared to the situation at Waco, Texas?

3. What was the name of the pizza place where Eric and Dylan worked?

4. What did the "big bombs" indicate to investigators?

5. When had Dylan and Eric been arrested?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dave Sanders' time at the Columbine Lounge, how he was different from most of the men there, and what was important to him.

2. Briefly describe the three acts of Dylan and Eric's plans for Judgment Day.

3. What did detectives find in the bedrooms of Dylan and Eric and what was different about the findings in the two?

4. What was the Trench Coat Mafia and how did Dylan and Eric fit into that group?

5. What were the options available to the students who rushed from the school as soon as the shooting began and where did most go?

6. Where is Nate Dykeman when he learned of the shooting and what was his reaction?

7. What did police realize the danger was when dozens of students rushed to them for protection and how did they address that?

8. What happened to Tom and Sue Klebold on the afternoon and evening after the shooting, and what did their lawyer tell them?

9. What were the plans Dylan and Eric outwardly declared for after graduation and what were their true plans?

10. Describe the moment when Dylan could have fired on about a hundred kids running up the stairwell but didn't.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the religious ideals touted by Dylan. Include his background and family's religious practices. What was the impact of the massacre on the community's religious sector? How did different pastors and preachers see the situation? What were some of the ideas touted from pulpits in the days following the massacre? Were they correct?

Essay Topic 2

What was the popular myth circulated about Cassie Bernall's death? What was the truth? Why did the churches continue to tell the myth as fact? What were the reactions of her parents both to the myth and to the truth?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the efforts of the community to recover. What was the Columbine Curse, how did it come into being, and what got blamed on the curse? Why do you believe this was a popular idea?

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