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

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

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

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

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?
(a) Waste of time.
(b) Too little, too late.
(c) Grand theatrics.
(d) Empty Gesture.

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. 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 there was nothing they could do about it.
(c) They could not really hear what was going on from the other room.
(d) They figured someone would come along to set things straight.

11. 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 revolutionary era.
(d) The age of ignorance.

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

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

14. 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) A dinner guest vomiting after the meal.
(c) Somebody picking their nose at a meeting.
(d) Somebody urinated on a bathroom rug.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Robbie's grandfather admit to having in response to the last part of Robbie's email?

3. What did Robbie's grandparents do every evening at the dining-room table for a while?

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

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

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