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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robbie's grandfather say is easy to think when reading history books?
(a) You know exactly what you would have done.
(b) People are far more malicious these days.
(c) Intelligence is declining rapidly.
(d) People were so much less intelligent in the past.

2. What occurs to Robbie's grandfather regarding J. at the very end of his letter?
(a) She may be a spy.
(b) She may have already fled.
(c) She and Robbie may be lovers.
(d) She may be a Republican.

3. What is Robbie's grandfather sure Robbie would say he would have done during the critical period?
(a) Run for office.
(b) Fought.
(c) Moved.
(d) Given up.

4. How does Robbie's grandfather close the letter?
(a) With much love.
(b) Yours truly.
(c) Love you to the moon and back.
(d) My heart is with you.

5. Robbie's grandfather says people focus too much on courage and not enough on what?
(a) Discretion and caution.
(b) Fear and anger.
(c) Timidity and wisdom.
(d) Introversion and Introspection.

6. What does Robbie's grandfather admit to having in response to the last part of Robbie's email?
(a) A lot of money.
(b) Access to a good lawyer.
(c) Another family.
(d) Regrets.

7. What does Robbie's grandfather say he would never do and thinks Robbie would never do either?
(a) Become a Republican.
(b) Arm himself.
(c) Write his senators.
(d) Protest.

8. What does Robbie's grandfather say he and his wife would have had to have been in order to make any change pre-election?
(a) Unethical people.
(b) Extreme people.
(c) Caring people.
(d) Educated people.

9. Why did Robbie's grandparents stop cursing Republican Senators or suggesting someone organize a march?
(a) They began to agree with the Republicans.
(b) Because things started to get better.
(c) They were afraid of getting arrested.
(d) They felt it was pointless.

10. What does Robbie's grandfather say the system as he and his wife knew it was like?
(a) Nitrogen.
(b) Cyanide.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Oxygen.

11. What health issues was Robbie's grandfather just beginning to deal with during the critical period?
(a) Migraines.
(b) Bad shoulders.
(c) Dental issues.
(d) Hip pain.

12. What simple act does Robbie's grandfather say is "doing much good" (6) as far as he is concerned?
(a) Sleeping in the evening.
(b) Rising in the morning.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Going to work.

13. Why were Robbie's grandparents no longer able to muster "genuine outrage" (4) at what was going on in the country?
(a) They were overwhelmed.
(b) They liked the president.
(c) They thought the media was overreacting.
(d) They felt hopeful things were getting better.

14. What does Robbie's grandfather liken the both of them to at the end of the story?
(a) Cave people.
(b) Neanderthals.
(c) Martians.
(d) Dinosaurs.

15. What did Robbie's grandparents do every evening at the dining-room table for a while?
(a) Play bridge.
(b) Debate politics.
(c) Jigsaw puzzles.
(d) Write letters to their congressmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose "situation [may] be made worse" (5) according to Robbie's grandfather at the end of his letter?

2. What "crude metaphor" (4) does Robbie's grandfather use to describe the president's behavior?

3. What does Robbie's grandfather say those on the "other side" were "Ignorant of" (5)?

4. What does Robbie's grandfather say they are "sheltering...through a dark period" (6)?

5. What types of things did Robbie's grandparents do at first during the critical period?

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