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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Robbie's grandfather say those on the "other side" were "Ignorant of" (5)?
(a) Their own power.
(b) Their own history.
(c) Their immortality.
(d) Their own ignorance.

3. Whose "situation [may] be made worse" (5) according to Robbie's grandfather at the end of his letter?
(a) The entire country.
(b) J.'s as well as Robbie's whole family.
(c) Only J.'s.
(d) Robbie alone.

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

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

6. What does Robbie's grandfather recall J.'s dog's name as at the end of his letter?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Boozie.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Scotch.

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

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

9. What does Robbie's grandfather say about J. at the end of the letter?
(a) She was a noble woman.
(b) She is a lovely person.
(c) Robbie was too good for her.
(d) He knew she was dishonest.

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

11. In what way does Robbie's grandfather say they can help him if need be at the end of his letter?
(a) Robbie can stay with them.
(b) They can smuggle J. out of jail.
(c) They can help Robbie leave the country.
(d) They can send money.

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

13. What does Robbie's grandmother say in the dream his grandfather had about her which he writes in his letter?
(a) Let's get the hell out of here.
(b) Let us pray.
(c) Let us think of what we must do.
(d) Let us not overreact.

14. What does Robbie's grandfather call a particular time when he could have been more proactive?
(a) The age of ignorance.
(b) The revolutionary era.
(c) The age of fake news.
(d) The critical period.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Robbie's grandfather close the letter?

2. What does Robbie's grandfather say he would never do and thinks Robbie would never do either?

3. Why were Robbie's grandparents no longer able to muster "genuine outrage" (4) at what was going on in the country?

4. What does Robbie's grandfather liken the both of them to at the end of the story?

5. Who became targeted after the election and the "deluge of pardons" (4)?

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