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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What verdict did the jury reach in the case of Aaron McKinney for the charge of first-degree felony murder (kidnapping)?
(a) Not guilty by reason of insanity
(b) Guilty
(c) Mistrial
(d) Not guilty

2. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 2 says that “Aaron McKinney and his friend Russell Henderson came from” where?
(a) Down by the river
(b) Up on the bluffs
(c) Out in the woods
(d) The poor side of town

3. Who says in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3, “On our last trip, I had the good fortune of seeing Jedadiah Schultz play the role of Prior in Angels in America”?
(a) Tiffany Edwards
(b) Dennis Shepard
(c) Aaron Kreifels
(d) Andy Paris

4. In “Moment: The Essential Facts” in Act 2, the Newspaperperson states that the focus is on what courthouse?
(a) The Carbon County Courthouse
(b) The Teton County Courthouse
(c) The Albany County Courthouse
(d) The Crook County Courthouse

5. In “Moment: Live and Let Live” from Act 2, Sergeant Hing says that Laramie has “one of the most vocal populations of” what in the state?
(a) College students
(b) Bigots
(c) Gay people
(d) Women

6. For what newspaper does Kerry Drake report in The Laramie Project?
(a) The Laramie Boomerang
(b) The Casper Star-Tribune
(c) The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
(d) The Jackson Hole News

7. In “Moment: The Essential Facts” in Act 2, the Newspaperperson states that who are being charged with the brutal beating of Matthew Shepard?
(a) Russell Arthur Henderson and Philip Mitchell Dubois
(b) Aaron James McKinney and Russell Arthur Henderson
(c) Philip Mitchell Dubois and Jim Robert Geringer
(d) Philip Mitchell Dubois and Aaron James McKinney

8. What verdict did the jury reach in the case of Aaron McKinney for the charge of aggravated robbery?
(a) Mistrial
(b) Not guilty
(c) Not guilty by reason of insanity
(d) Guilty

9. Leigh Fondakowski has been a member of Tectonic Theater Project since what year?
(a) 2001
(b) 2004
(c) 1995
(d) 1998

10. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 1 says “It’s a tough business, as Matt Shepard knew, as his friends all knew, to be gay in” what?
(a) Yellowstone country
(b) God’s country
(c) Cowboy country
(d) Teton country

11. Who says, “So when they used “gay panic” as their defense, I felt, this is good, if nothing else the truth is going to be told … the truth is coming out” in “Moment: Gay Panic” of Act 3?
(a) Matt Galloway
(b) Rebecca Hilliker
(c) Jedadiah Schultz
(d) Amanda Gronich

12. Russell Henderson’s Mormon Home Teacher claims to have known Russell for how many years in “Moment: Russell Henderson” of Act 3?
(a) 14
(b) 25
(c) 21
(d) 35

13. What is repeated by several of the play’s characters as being the unsaid motto of the people of Laramie?
(a) Live and let live
(b) Freedom for all
(c) Don’t judge
(d) Love everybody

14. Where was the trial of Russell Henderson held?
(a) The Albany County Courthouse
(b) The Hot Springs County Courthouse
(c) The Big Horn County Courthouse
(d) The Sweetwater County Courthouse

15. Who was the judge that presided over the case of the State of Wyoming versus Aaron James McKinney?
(a) The Honorable Frank T. Robinson
(b) The Honorable Barton R. Voigt
(c) The Honorable Daniel R. Hughes
(d) The Honorable Jacob F. Benson

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Moment: Live and Let Live” of Act 2, who says “Well, it’s preached in schools that being gay is okay”?

2. According to the Narrator in Act 3, the trial of Russell Henderson was to be what type of trial?

3. Who was the prosecuting attorney in the trial of Aaron James McKinney?

4. What has Romaine Patterson discovered she is going to be honored by in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3?

5. What local reporter refers to the influx of journalists as predators in Act 2?

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