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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 does Ron state as the symbolism of the Polaroid photograph?
(a) A real embarrassment for David Duke.
(b) True hatred.
(c) The inane nature of race.
(d) The foolishness of Chuck Howarth.

2. Jim Crow laws kept what system in place within America?
(a) The gap between the rich and the poor.
(b) Welfare.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Paper terrorism.

3. What is NOT a relative success named by Ron within the event of David Duke's visit to Colorado Springs?
(a) A cross burning ceremony was averted.
(b) Ken bungled a public KKK rally.
(c) David Duke survived.
(d) No riots broke out.

4. Who saw Ken at the Acacia Park rally and went up to introduce himself?
(a) Officer Ed.
(b) Sergeant Trapp.
(c) David Duke.
(d) Chuck Howarth.

5. Ron's mother-in-law graduated from what college?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Arizona State University.
(c) Alabama State University.
(d) Harvard College.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who snapped the image of Ron's symbolic Polaroid photograph?

2. While the other men were thanking Ron for the police department's protection during David Duke's visit, who is the only one to stand by and silently glare at Ron instead?

3. On the day of David Duke's visit to Colorado Springs, at what restaurant did he meet "his entourage of Klansmen" (133)?

4. For what organization had Ron's FBI contact worked before he became a part of the FBI?

5. In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is David Duke's reply when Ron asks him if anything about Duke's visit to Colorado Springs had been surprising?

4. 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?

5. How does Ron enlist the help of other governmental organizations to aid in his own investigation?

6. How do the members of Posse Comitatus act toward David Duke?

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

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

9. For what reason was Ron summoned to the office of the chief of police on the day of David Duke's visit to Colorado Springs?

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

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