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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 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.

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

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

4. 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) Organized marches.
(d) Ran for office.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robbie's grandfather call a particular time when he could have been more proactive?

2. What does Robbie's grandfather say is easy to think when reading history books?

3. What does Robbie's grandfather liken the both of them to at the end of the story?

4. Why did Robbie's grandparents stop cursing Republican Senators or suggesting someone organize a march?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of help does Robbie's grandfather offer to Robbie if he needs it at the end of his letter?

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

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

4. What were Robbie's grandparents doing nightly while the TV news blared in the other room pre and post election?

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. Why were "those on the other side" (5) so wiling to try to tear down the system?

7. Why did Robbie's grandparents stop saying anything about what was going on "during this critical period" (4)?

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

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

10. What are some of the things Robbie's grandparents tried to do during the critical period, before essentially giving up?

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