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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. For what police department did Ron Stallworth work?

2. How old was Ron when he was first hired as a police cadet?

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

4. The Ku Klux Klan ad that Ron saw in the newspaper listed what town in Colorado?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is Chuck's reaction to Ron's idea used as a means to demonstrate how seemingly crazy plans can also be effective ones?

7. Which of Stokely Carmichael's comments at the rally is the most incendiary, from a law enforcement standpoint?

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

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

10. Describe one time when Ron's investigation has a positive impact on a community outside of Colorado Springs.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the author's message regarding the shift in worldview that needs to occur within the United States government in relation to the activity of Neo-Nazis and other hate groups within its borders?

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

How does the author employ the use or rejection of fallacy within Ron Stallworth's memoir Black Klansman and how does the inclusion of fallacy help the author to prove particular points made within the text?

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