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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. When Ron told the lieutenant that his hat was too small, what two choices did the lieutenant give Ron?
(a) He told Ron to join the basketball team or wear the cap.
(b) He told Ron to quit or get fired.
(c) He asked Ron to report the sergeant for his mistake or wear the cap.
(d) He told Ron to wear the cap or get a haircut.

2. The cadet program Ron attended was geared specifically toward high school graduates between what two ages?
(a) 18 and 22.
(b) 17 and 19.
(c) 19 and 21.
(d) 20 and 25.

3. What name did Ken tell Ron should always be used in reference to the KKK?
(a) The Confederacy.
(b) The System.
(c) The Organization.
(d) The Masons.

4. Until what decade did Roger Ebert consider The Birth of a Nation to be "the greatest American film" (81)?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1980s.
(c) The 1990s.
(d) The 1970s.

5. For what police department did Ron Stallworth work?
(a) Denver.
(b) Boulder.
(c) Aspen.
(d) Colorado Springs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What career had Ron wanted as a child?

2. Chuck received a phone call from Ken telling him that he had received a call from members of what organization that wanted to join forces with the KKK?

3. On which birthday was Ron sworn in as a police officer?

4. What is NOT a characteristic mentioned by Ken when he tells Ron about the man he should be looking for at the Kwik Inn?

5. What job did Fred Wilkens hold within his community?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Ron turn his experiences at the receiving end of racist comments into a positive within his job as a police officer?

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

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

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

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