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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

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 liken the both of them to at the end of the story?

3. What "crude metaphor" (4) does Robbie's grandfather use to describe the president's behavior?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining the ending of "Love Letter." How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Robbie's grandfather's feelings toward Robbie. What words tell the reader how he feels?

Essay Topic 3

Robbie's grandfather uses codified language in the letter in case someone else reads it. Write an essay detailing this language. What words are used? What do they mean?

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