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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. What item does Ron describe as "standard in undercover work" (38)?

2. In what year does the narrative begin?

3. What did Ron immediately request from Sergeant Trapp following the KKK meeting at Ken's house?

4. Once cadets were accepted into Ron's program, they were paid how much per hour?

5. What is the name of the KKK newspaper?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Ron's plan regarding the longevity of his investigation into the Colorado KKK?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the roles of Officer Ed, David Duke, and Jimmy within the body of Ron Stallworth's memoir Black Klansman. How does the author use each person’s role in order to highlight themes depicted within the overall narrative?

Essay Topic 2

How and why does Stallworth draw connections between race relations in America in the 1970s and race relations in America in the twenty-first century?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does the story of Black Klansman lend itself to the genre of a memoir and what factors did Stallworth likely take into account when deciding upon a form for his incredible story?

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