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

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robbie's grandfather say they are "sheltering...through a dark period" (6)?

2. What does Robbie's grandfather say he hopes Robbie will become one day?

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

4. How does Robbie's grandfather describe the moment when he woke from his dream and came back to the present time and place?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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