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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason was Ron's mother unable to attend his swearing-in ceremony as an officer?
(a) She was unable to get time off from work.
(b) She was attending to Ron's sick grandmother.
(c) She was attending to Ron's sick father.
(d) She was taking a college exam.

2. Why did Ron receive a policeman's cap that was too small?
(a) Ron's customized hat got lost in the mail.
(b) The lieutenant measured Ron's head and purposely did not take into account his afro.
(c) There were none left in Ron's size.
(d) The sergeant made a mistake when he wrote down Ron's head measurements.

3. For what reason did Ken feel compelled to cancel the showing of The Birth of a Nation?
(a) Because Ron could not attend.
(b) Because Fred Wilkens could not attend.
(c) Because David Duke could not attend.
(d) Because Sergeant Trapp could not attend.

4. What type of group is the group known as People for the Betterment of People?
(a) An anti-KKK group.
(b) A white supremacist group.
(c) A political party.
(d) A legal aid group.

5. What words did Ken use to describe the event of a cross burning to Ron?
(a) A taste of their own medicine.
(b) A damn good time.
(c) A beautiful symbol of the white race's longevity.
(d) A deeply moving religious experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their first phone conversation, how many cross burnings did Ken tell Ron his KKK chapter was planning?

2. What happened to the symbolic Polaroid photograph described by Ron?

3. How many other cities in Colorado besides Denver had officially recognized KKK chapters in 1923?

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

5. Fred Wilkens told Ron that white people needed to perform what action as well as black people had been performing it for years?

(see the answer key)

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