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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two organizations logged complaints from citizens in the community about Fred Wilkens's job?

2. Butch was sent to meet Ron and to bring Ron to whom?

3. The town listed in the Ku Klux Klan ad was located nearby two what?

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

5. What is NOT an adjective Ron uses to describe the members of Posse Comitatus?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Ron Stallworth's purpose for including a discussion of Michael W. Miller?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the themes of violence and danger portrayed in Ron Stallworth’s memoir Black Klansman? Examine the author's treatment of and messages regarding danger and violence throughout the work.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of Aristotle's appeals within Ron Stallworth's memoir Black Klansman. How does the author use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of argumentative points central to the tenets of the work?

Essay Topic 3

What ultimate message is Ron Stallworth's memoir Black Klansman sending about the history of the United States, in relation to its treatment of people of color?

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