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

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

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

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) Joyous.
(b) Preposterous.
(c) Sad.
(d) Beautiful.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose "situation [may] be made worse" (5) according to Robbie's grandfather at the end of his letter?

3. What does Robbie's grandfather "advise" and "implore"(5) him to do regarding J.?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What language does Robbie's grandfather use to describe the president, particularly when explaining why he did not think things could go so far?

2. What does Robbie's grandfather say about organizing marches when discussing what he could have done during the critical period?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. What does Robbie's grandfather say is easier to do when reading history books?

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

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

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

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