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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. In what year does the narrative begin?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1964.

2. What is NOT a characteristic mentioned by Ken when he tells Ron about the man he should be looking for at the Kwik Inn?
(a) Skinny.
(b) Tall.
(c) Hippie-looking.
(d) Clean-shaven.

3. Early Klansmen wore robes in hopes of convincing freed slaves that they were what type of people?
(a) Deceased Confederate soldiers.
(b) The Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
(c) Deceased Union soldiers.
(d) Policemen.

4. Ken had plans to expand KKK membership within what types of institutions?
(a) Prisons.
(b) High schools.
(c) Colleges.
(d) Mental hospitals.

5. What was NOT a result predicted by Fred Wilkens when he warns what will happen if black people "continue to participate in the white culture" (58)?
(a) A continuing deterioration of white civilization.
(b) Higher taxes.
(c) A race war.
(d) Lowering of educational and labor standards.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom did Ron's interviewers continue to allude throughout his job interview?

3. Why did Ron receive a policeman's cap that was too small?

4. What term does Ron say a Klan member would never apply to their practice of burning crosses?

5. What role did Ken hold within the Ku Klux Klan?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is Ken's statement regarding the use of violence by the KKK?

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

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