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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What types of things did Robbie's grandparents do at first during the critical period?
(a) Ran for office.
(b) Wrote their senators and donated money.
(c) Watched the news more.
(d) Organized marches.

3. What post-election acts did Robbie's grandparents find unsurprising?
(a) Celebrations.
(b) Protests.
(c) Gerrymandering.
(d) Pardons.

4. What does Robbie's grandfather suggest Robbie do after reading the letter?
(a) Send it to J.
(b) Make a copy of it.
(c) Fax it to the president.
(d) Destroy it.

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

6. How does Robbie's grandfather describe the person responsible for disrupting "something so noble and time-tested and seemingly strong" (4)?
(a) Oafish.
(b) Clownish.
(c) Impish.
(d) Foolish.

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

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

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

10. Who became targeted after the election and the "deluge of pardons" (4)?
(a) Judges.
(b) The media.
(c) School teachers.
(d) Military personnel.

11. Why did Robbie's grandparents pay little attention to the TV news despite it being bleak?
(a) They assumed much of the news on TV was fake.
(b) They figured someone would come along to set things straight.
(c) They figured there was nothing they could do about it.
(d) They could not really hear what was going on from the other room.

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

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

14. What "crude metaphor" (4) does Robbie's grandfather use to describe the president's behavior?
(a) A dinner guest vomiting after the meal.
(b) Somebody picking their nose at a meeting.
(c) Somebody having a public bowel movement at a dinner party.
(d) Somebody urinated on a bathroom rug.

15. What does Robbie's grandfather "advise" and "implore"(5) him to do regarding J.?
(a) Pay for the best lawyer.
(b) Smuggle J. out of the country.
(c) Stay out of it.
(d) Do everything in his power to get her out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Robbie's grandfather sure Robbie would say he would have done during the critical period?

2. What does Robbie's grandfather say he and his wife would have had to have been in order to make any change pre-election?

3. What does Robbie's grandfather say about J. at the end of the letter?

4. What does Robbie's grandfather say the system as he and his wife knew it was like?

5. Why did Robbie's grandparents stop cursing Republican Senators or suggesting someone organize a march?

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