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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of birds does Robbie's grandfather describe seeing while he was writing the letter?
(a) Blue jays.
(b) Hawks.
(c) Mourning Doves.
(d) Geese.

2. What does Robbie's grandfather say regarding his friend G.?
(a) Don't give up.
(b) Que sera.
(c) Let bygones be bygones.
(d) That ship has sailed.

3. What happened to a lawyer Robbie's grandfather knew after opposing an "ouster of sitting judges" (2)?
(a) He was forced to leave the country.
(b) He was lauded in the press for his bravery.
(c) He was crucified in the press and people defaced his property.
(d) He disappeared and was never heard from again.

4. What gift does Robbie's grandfather say R. and K. had given him when he was young?
(a) A plastic Lincoln figure.
(b) A bronze Lincoln bank.
(c) A painting of Lincoln.
(d) A gold Lincoln statue.

5. How does Robbie's grandfather describe the cop who pulled him over?
(a) Old looking.
(b) Mean as can be.
(c) Kindly.
(d) Young looking.

6. What does Robbie's grandfather say he had written "in the early days" (3)?
(a) Personal essays.
(b) Letters to the editor.
(c) Haiku.
(d) Comic strips.

7. What word does Robbie's grandfather use to describe Robbie when telling him he is lucky to have a grandson like him?
(a) Sensational.
(b) Stellar.
(c) Spectacular.
(d) Stupendous.

8. What type of person does Robbie's grandfather say he does not want Robbie to be near ever?
(a) The lawyer.
(b) R. and K.
(c) J.
(d) The cop.

9. What did Robbie do when his sister lost her scarf during a family trip?
(a) He knitted her a new one.
(b) He jumped in the water and found it.
(c) He laughed.
(d) He bought her a new one.

10. What information did Robbie's friend M. have, but did not tell anyone?
(a) That G. lacked the proper paperwork.
(b) That G. had a fake passport.
(c) That J. had fled the country.
(d) That J. was in prison.

11. What happened to the florist who did not tell his gym buddy about his friend's voting past?
(a) He could no longer register his work vehicle.
(b) The neighbors defaced his property.
(c) He disappeared and was never heard from again.
(d) He was arrested.

12. Why does Robbie's grandfather say he is "touched" (3)?
(a) Robbie's mother still calls every day.
(b) Robbie wrote him in his time of need.
(c) Robbie visited him on Easter.
(d) Robbie said he loved him in his email.

13. What Christmas gift from Robbie were his grandparents using the morning the letter was written?
(a) Blue mugs.
(b) Yellow t-shirts.
(c) Pink stationary.
(d) Green mittens.

14. What does Robbie's grandfather say changes constantly to suit those in power?
(a) Laws.
(b) The education system.
(c) Dietary guidelines.
(d) Fashion.

15. What does Robbie's grandfather say M. "should have done" if following "their way of thinking" (2)?
(a) Fled the country.
(b) Ratted on J.
(c) Turned herself in.
(d) Let the authorities know about G.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robbie's grandfather beg him not to underestimate in his letter?

2. What is one of the significant memories Robbie's grandfather mentions in his letter?

3. What does the letter writer call the recipient in the first line of "Love Letter"?

4. Who is the recipient of the "Love Letter"?

5. What might the "loyalists" think J. did when she did not share with them information on G. and M.?

(see the answer keys)

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