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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the KKK newspaper?
(a) The Way of the World.
(b) The Flame.
(c) The Bayonet.
(d) The Crusader.

2. Early Klansmen wore robes in hopes of convincing freed slaves that they were what type of people?
(a) Deceased Confederate soldiers.
(b) The Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
(c) Policemen.
(d) Deceased Union soldiers.

3. David Duke told Ron that his children were being raised under the tutelage of whom?
(a) The public school system.
(b) The Klan Youth Corps.
(c) D.W. Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation.
(d) The Hitler Youth.

4. What was NOT an excuse used by Ken in trying to explain the low number of KKK attendees at the People for the Betterment of People march in his interviews with the media?
(a) The KKK's intention was not to create confrontation.
(b) The KKK had wanted to keep the identities of their members secret.
(c) The KKK had wanted to stress its nonviolent nature.
(d) KKK leaders had gotten the date wrong.

5. In what town in Colorado did Fred Wilkens live?
(a) Lakemill.
(b) Lakebird.
(c) Lakewood.
(d) Lakeside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ron said that because he had been called the n-word before, he knew how to use that language in what way?

2. Ron states that the backlash against what art form by the American white population had been driven by racist views?

3. In what year does the narrative begin?

4. What did Ken wear to the People for the Betterment of People march?

5. Which two organizations logged complaints from citizens in the community about Fred Wilkens's job?

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