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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. Ron tells the reader that his contact in the FBI was rather prone to use what literary device in his everyday speech?

2. Jim Crow laws kept what system in place within America?

3. Ron's mother-in-law graduated from what college?

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

5. What was NOT a point Ron brought up to the chief while arguing against the chief's order to protect David Duke?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between Officer Ed's assigned duties at the Acacia Park rally and his actual actions?

2. 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?

3. What role does Ron play in the protest march held by the anti-KKK group in Colorado Springs?

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

5. Discuss the points brought up by Ron in his attempt to convince the chief of police to change his mind about Ron's involvement with David Duke.

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

7. For what reason does the author include an allusion to Dennis the Menace within his description of the KKK's activities?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine how Ron Stallworth’s memoir Black Klansman invites readers to learn particular lessons from his own experiences and to apply those lessons to their own lives. How does Stallworth accomplish this goal and how does this goal relate to the overarching themes of the text?

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

Discuss the significance of Ron’s interactions with the Grand Wizard of the KKK, David Duke. How do these interactions and their significance connect to the overall themes within the text?

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