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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. What is NOT a characteristic mentioned by Ken when he tells Ron about the man he should be looking for at the Kwik Inn?
(a) Skinny.
(b) Tall.
(c) Hippie-looking.
(d) Clean-shaven.

2. Ron states that "from its very beginning the Ku Klux Klan and its members were dedicated to the cause of" (64) what?
(a) Paper terrorism.
(b) Legal terrorism.
(c) International terrorism.
(d) Domestic terrorism.

3. What is the first question that Ken asked Ron the first time the two men spoke?
(a) Why do you want to join our cause?
(b) Do you hate blacks?
(c) Do you love your country?
(d) Are you white?

4. What item does Ron describe as "standard in undercover work" (38)?
(a) Being unarmed.
(b) Bringing a concealed gun.
(c) Being armed with pepper spray.
(d) Being armed with only a knife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did Fred Wilkens hold within the KKK?

2. Fred Wilkens said that what kind of event was being planned for the day of David Duke's visit to Colorado Springs?

3. In what town in Colorado did Fred Wilkens live?

4. The specific intent of Ron's cadet program had been to take what action?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the ZOG and what are the beliefs about it held by members of Posse Comitatus?

2. Name the three ways in which Ron breaks undercover work protocol in his very first contact with the KKK.

3. What tools did Ron use to reconstruct the narrative about his time as a black man infiltrating the KKK?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the literal meaning of the Latin phrase "Posse Comatitus" (78)?

9. How does Ron send a message to the reader about the media's role in voicing the KKK's messages?

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

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