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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. How does Robbie's grandfather describe the moment when he woke from his dream and came back to the present time and place?
(a) Sad.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Joyous.
(d) Preposterous.

2. What does Robbie's grandfather admit to having in response to the last part of Robbie's email?
(a) Access to a good lawyer.
(b) A lot of money.
(c) Regrets.
(d) Another family.

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) Intelligence is declining rapidly.
(d) People are far more malicious these days.

4. What does Robbie's grandfather call a particular time when he could have been more proactive?
(a) The revolutionary era.
(b) The age of ignorance.
(c) The age of fake news.
(d) The critical period.

5. What does Robbie's grandfather recall J.'s dog's name as at the end of his letter?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Boozie.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Bourbon.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who became targeted after the election and the "deluge of pardons" (4)?

4. What post-election acts did Robbie's grandparents find unsurprising?

5. What does Robbie's grandfather say he and his wife would have had to have been in order to make any change pre-election?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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