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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 he hopes Robbie will become one day?
(a) An old sage.
(b) An old fogy.
(c) An old fart.
(d) An old curmudgeon.

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

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

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

5. What does Robbie's grandfather say they are "sheltering...through a dark period" (6)?
(a) A puzzle piece.
(b) An innocent person.
(c) A hoard of money.
(d) A trace of fire.

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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) People were so much less intelligent in the past.
(d) You know exactly what you would have done.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Robbie's grandfather says people focus too much on courage and not enough on what?

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 suggest Robbie do after reading the letter?

4. How does Robbie's grandfather describe the moment when he woke from his dream and came back to the present time and place?

5. What phrase does Robbie's grandfather use at the end of his letter when discussing what he should do regarding J., which he hopes does not offend Robbie?

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