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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. Where was Ron when Chuck was getting into the KKK contact's truck purportedly to be taken to Ken?

2. Butch was sent to meet Ron and to bring Ron to whom?

3. For what reason was Ron's mother unable to attend his swearing-in ceremony as an officer?

4. Who alerted the media that David Duke would be visiting Colorado Springs?

5. Who directed The Birth of a Nation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the opening of Chapter 1 different from the remainder of the text?

2. Name the three ways in which Ron breaks undercover work protocol in his very first contact with the KKK.

3. In what ways does Ron later see the benefits of the mistakes he had made in his first conversation with Ken?

4. How is Chuck's reaction to Ron's idea used as a means to demonstrate how seemingly crazy plans can also be effective ones?

5. How is the theme of hypocrisy highlighted within Ron's discussion of the Posse Comitatus organization?

6. What is Ken's statement regarding the use of violence by the KKK?

7. Discuss the messages inherent in the issue of Ron's ill-fitting police cap.

8. What is the ZOG and what are the beliefs about it held by members of Posse Comitatus?

9. What details does Ron reveal to the reader about his previous dealings with members of Posse Comitatus?

10. Describe one time when Ron's investigation has a positive impact on a community outside of Colorado Springs.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the author's message regarding the shift in worldview that needs to occur within the United States government in relation to the activity of Neo-Nazis and other hate groups within its borders?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of Aristotle's appeals within Ron Stallworth's memoir Black Klansman. How does the author use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?

Essay Topic 3

How and why does Stallworth draw connections between race relations in America in the 1970s and race relations in America in the twenty-first century?

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