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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 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.

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

3. 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) Too little, too late.
(d) Grand theatrics.

4. 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.

5. How does Robbie's grandfather close the letter?
(a) Love you to the moon and back.
(b) Yours truly.
(c) My heart is with you.
(d) With much love.

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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) Educated people.
(c) Unethical people.
(d) Extreme people.

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

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

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

14. 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) Intelligence is declining rapidly.
(c) You know exactly what you would have done.
(d) People are far more malicious these days.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Robbie's grandfather sure Robbie would say he would have done during the critical period?

5. What occurs to Robbie's grandfather regarding J. at the very end of his letter?

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