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

2. What object does Ron name as the one that was most important to his policeman's uniform?
(a) The badge.
(b) The shirt.
(c) The logo.
(d) The cap.

3. Ken had plans to expand KKK membership within what types of institutions?
(a) Colleges.
(b) Prisons.
(c) High schools.
(d) Mental hospitals.

4. In what year does the narrative begin?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1984.

5. Fred Wilkens told Ron that "The hub of the Klan plan revolves around" (60) what?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) Intimidation.
(c) The Socialist Party.
(d) Political activity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom did Ron's interviewers continue to allude throughout his job interview?

3. For what police department did Ron Stallworth work?

4. What was the last name of Ken, the man who returned Ron's call?

5. What career had Ron wanted as a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Immediately following the KKK meeting at Ken's house, Ron put in a request for what?

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

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

8. Describe the groundbreaking nature of Ron Stallworth's enrollment in the Police Cadet program.

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

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

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