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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 have already fled.
(c) She may be a Republican.
(d) She may be a spy.

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

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

4. How does Robbie's grandfather describe the moment when he woke from his dream and came back to the present time and place?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Joyous.
(c) Preposterous.
(d) Sad.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. 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) Regrets.
(d) Another family.

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

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

15. 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) Caring people.
(b) Unethical people.
(c) Extreme people.
(d) Educated people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Robbie's grandfather describe the person responsible for disrupting "something so noble and time-tested and seemingly strong" (4)?

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

3. Why did Robbie's grandparents pay little attention to the TV news despite it being bleak?

4. What does Robbie's grandfather suggest Robbie do after reading the letter?

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

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