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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About how many officers worked in the Colorado Springs Police Department?
(a) 350.
(b) 250.
(c) 150.
(d) 50.

3. When Ron told the lieutenant that his hat was too small, what two choices did the lieutenant give Ron?
(a) He told Ron to wear the cap or get a haircut.
(b) He told Ron to join the basketball team or wear the cap.
(c) He asked Ron to report the sergeant for his mistake or wear the cap.
(d) He told Ron to quit or get fired.

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

5. How did Ron make first contact with Fred Wilkens?
(a) A telegram.
(b) A phone call.
(c) A letter.
(d) In person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the audio arrangement between Ron and Chuck when they were infiltrating the KKK together?

2. What did Ron immediately request from Sergeant Trapp following the KKK meeting at Ken's house?

3. What convention did Ron flout at his swearing-in ceremony as an officer?

4. Ron states that "from its very beginning the Ku Klux Klan and its members were dedicated to the cause of" (64) what?

5. How had Ron's mother taught him to feel about their local police department officers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mistake did Jimmy make that endangered the whole KKK investigation?

2. What is the meaning of the phrase "paper terrorism" (79)?

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

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

5. How does Ron's receipt of a KKK membership card intersect with the text's theme of identity?

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

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

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

9. How does Ron describe the way in which his decision to become a police officer had been viewed within the black community?

10. Which of Stokely Carmichael's comments at the rally is the most incendiary, from a law enforcement standpoint?

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