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

2. Robbie's grandfather says people focus too much on courage and not enough on what?
(a) Discretion and caution.
(b) Timidity and wisdom.
(c) Introversion and Introspection.
(d) Fear and anger.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Robbie's grandfather say he hopes Robbie will become one day?
(a) An old sage.
(b) An old curmudgeon.
(c) An old fart.
(d) An old fogy.

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

11. 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) Robbie alone.
(d) Only J.'s.

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robbie's grandmother say in the dream his grandfather had about her which he writes in his letter?

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

3. What health issues was Robbie's grandfather just beginning to deal with during the critical period?

4. What types of things did Robbie's grandparents do at first during the critical period?

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

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