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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

5. 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) Pay for the best lawyer.
(d) Do everything in his power to get her out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robbie's grandfather say the system as he and his wife knew it was like?

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

3. What does Robbie's grandfather recall J.'s dog's name as at the end of his letter?

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

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the end, what does Robbie's grandfather "advise" and "implore" (5) Robbie to do regarding J.? Why?

2. What realization does Robbie's grandfather have at the end of his letter, which he knows must make the situation that much harder for Robbie?

3. What "crude metaphor" (4) does Robbie's grandfather use to explain how he and his wife and others became inured to what was happening?

4. What happened in the dream Robbie's grandfather had the night before writing the letter?

5. Robbie's grandfather cites a list of things the happened post-election, including a series of pardons. What other things does he list?

6. What does Robbie's grandfather admit he regrets during the "critical period" (4) before the election?

7. What household and medical bills were Robbie's grandparents incurring during what he calls the "critical period" (4)?

8. Why would it have been fruitless for Robbie's grandfather to "harangue the officials" (5) in Waterville?

9. Why were Robbie's grandparents not "more extreme people" (5), according to him?

10. Why does Robbie's grandfather say the system was like oxygen to them?

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