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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 relative success named by Ron within the event of David Duke's visit to Colorado Springs?
(a) No riots broke out.
(b) David Duke survived.
(c) Ken bungled a public KKK rally.
(d) A cross burning ceremony was averted.

2. To whom did Ken grant an interview during the rally at Acacia Park?
(a) KKTV.
(b) KCPQ.
(c) KPLU.
(d) KGTV.

3. The airport in what city is named after a notorious Klansman?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Denver.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

4. On the day of David Duke's visit to Colorado Springs, at what restaurant did he meet "his entourage of Klansmen" (133)?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) Elmer's Restaurant.
(c) Outback Steakhouse.
(d) The Bonanza Steakhouse.

5. David Duke left the KKK in what year to form the National Association for the Advancement of White People?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1991.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ron state as the symbolism of the Polaroid photograph?

2. What was the final bit of business performed by David Duke during his visit to Colorado Springs?

3. Ron's mother-in-law earned a master's degree in what subject?

4. In what year of high school was Ron when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated?

5. How many KKK members attended the march organized by People for the Betterment of People?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which organizations are represented at the anti-KKK rally at Acacia Park?

2. What history of David Duke's life does Ron present to the reader and for what purpose?

3. What is symbolized by the Klan's secret handshake?

4. When Ron would hear from Ken that a cross burning was in the works, what actions did he take?

5. What is the most satisfying moment for Ron within the time when he served as David Duke's bodyguard?

6. How is the theme of violence depicted within David Duke's comments to Ron about the black security officer?

7. What does the removal of two Klansmen from their NORAD positions symbolize?

8. What was the outcome of the 1964 case in Mississippi involving missing civil rights workers?

9. How does the scene between the black man and his five-year-old son also connect with the book's themes of courage and changing times in America?

10. How does the theme of absurdity enter the narrative during the scene of the anti-KKK rally in Colorado Springs?

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