My son was a Columbine shooter.
This is my story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXlnrFpCu0c&t=317s
1. What reasons does the speaker give for giving her 9. Why is it hard to understand what Dylan did?
talk? Pick two answers.
a) the failure she feels at not having been able to a) because there is little research
know what her son planned b) because there are no easy answers
b) wanting to tell her side of the story c) because he left no note
c) share her experience d) because the police have never closed their
d) tell the truth about her son investigation
2. What is the first challenge she talks about? 10. The decision to end your life…
a) she can’t know if there’s someone that was a) is a decision based on wanting to punish others
affected by Columbine b) is a decision based on not wanting to hurt
b) she risks being attacked for what happened at anymore
Columbine c) is a seemingly logic decision seen through a filter
c) she risks being misunderstood of pain
d) she can’t know if what she’ll say is going to hurt d) is a decision based on not having enough love in
people your life
3. What is the second challenge she talks about? 11. What is the third challenge she talks about?
a) asking for help a) discuss her son’s behaviour
b) apologizing for what her son did b) trying to change gun laws
c) asking for understanding for seeing her son’s c) showing that she’s talking about mental health
death as suicide without linking it to violence
d) helping people in her same situation d) not blaming circumstances
4. What will we have to learn if the worst happens? 12. How many US teens planned their suicide?
a) to live with it b) to forgive ourselves a) 5% b) 15%
c) to forgive the victim d) to live without them c) 25% d) 50%
5. What are symptoms of real illness? 13. The idea that love is enough is:
a) occasional thoughts of suicide a) absolutely true
b) constant thoughts of suicide b) true only in some cases
c) talking about suicide c) true up to a point
d) real plans of taking one’s life d) a common misconception
6. What is her goal in talking of her son’s death as 14. When did she become an advocate for mental
suicide? health?
a) trying to prove his actions were prompted by pain a) when her son died
b) trying to show he was a victim as well b) when she herself suffered from mental health
c) trying to downplay what he did issues
d) trying to understand what motivated his actions c) when her son was first diagnosed
d) when she realized her son had been suicidal
7. What can cause us to miss the signs? 15. Suicide is the leading cause of death in…
a) believing that our loved one will pull through a) people aged 10 to 24
b) believing that things are not so bad after all b) people aged 10 to 34
c) believing that we or our family is different c) people aged 14 to 34
d) believing that things will settle on their own d) people aged 24 to 64
8. How many people that die by suicide have a 16. What is a common misconception among
mental health condition? survivors of suicide loss?
a) 60% to 75% b) 75% to 90% a) that their loved ones didn’t love them enough
c) 85% to 90% d) over 90% b) that they could have done something better
c) that their loved ones didn’t think it through
d) that their loved ones were escaping failure
