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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was NOT a result predicted by Fred Wilkens when he warns what will happen if black people "continue to participate in the white culture" (58)?
(a) Lowering of educational and labor standards.
(b) A race war.
(c) A continuing deterioration of white civilization.
(d) Higher taxes.

2. What was the audio arrangement between Ron and Chuck when they were infiltrating the KKK together?
(a) Chuck was fitted with a wireless body transmitter that let Ron listen to and record Chuck's conversations.
(b) Chuck was fitted with only an audio recorder and Ron could not hear Chuck's conversations.
(c) Chuck was wearing a tiny video camera in his lapel and Ron could both see and hear Chuck.
(d) Chuck and Ron were both fitted with wireless body transmitters that allowed them to hear one another.

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

4. What term does Ron say a Klan member would never apply to their practice of burning crosses?
(a) Violence.
(b) Intimidation.
(c) Desecration.
(d) Threat.

5. What title did Fred Wilkens hold within the KKK?
(a) Secretary of the Denver KKK.
(b) Grand Wizard of the United States-based KKK.
(c) Treasurer of the Colorado Springs KKK.
(d) Grand Dragon of the Colorado KKK.

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

7. Which two organizations logged complaints from citizens in the community about Fred Wilkens's job?
(a) Media outlets and Denver officials.
(b) Media outlets and Boulder officials.
(c) Media outlets and Lakewood City officials.
(d) Media outlets and Santa Fe officials.

8. What name does Ron sign when he answers the Ku Klux Klan ad in the local newspaper?
(a) Justice Evans.
(b) Ron Stallworth.
(c) Jeffrey Morin.
(d) Peter Stucki.

9. To whom is Ron Stallworth referring when he names Chapter 4 "My New Friend David"?
(a) David Foster Wallace.
(b) David Duke.
(c) David Attenborogh.
(d) David Burke.

10. The Ku Klux Klan ad that Ron saw in the newspaper listed what town in Colorado?
(a) Alma.
(b) Security.
(c) Basalt.
(d) Branson.

11. What is NOT an adjective Ron uses to describe the members of Posse Comitatus?
(a) Harmless.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Male.
(d) Angry.

12. To whom did Ron's interviewers continue to allude throughout his job interview?
(a) Huey Newton.
(b) Jackie Robinson.
(c) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

13. Where was Ron when Chuck was getting into the KKK contact's truck purportedly to be taken to Ken?
(a) At home in bed.
(b) In a parked car within sight.
(c) In a parked truck three blocks over.
(d) At the police station.

14. For what police department did Ron Stallworth work?
(a) Colorado Springs.
(b) Boulder.
(c) Denver.
(d) Aspen.

15. Who alerted the media that David Duke would be visiting Colorado Springs?
(a) Ron.
(b) Chuck.
(c) The ACLU.
(d) David Duke.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As what type of town does Ron characterize Colorado Springs?

3. Until what decade did Roger Ebert consider The Birth of a Nation to be "the greatest American film" (81)?

4. How long did Ken tell Ron it takes between a KKK member's application and his receipt of his robe?

5. In what year did David Duke visit Colorado Springs?

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