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Here’s an unshmoopy question you may find on your exam…
The story so sweet you read it twice… hit pause and fall in love with this passage all
over again…
Which of the following BEST describes the narrator's feelings toward her grandparents?
And here are the potential answers:
Okay, once again, this question is just testing our overall grasp of the story.
Can we tell how the narrator feels about these two geezers? Uh… elderly folks?
Right off the bat, it looks like we can cross off B and D.
Shame and distrust?
Sadness and fear?
If you think either of those are remote possibilities, you’re not reading the same passage we are.
Okay, so it’s down to A and C
Love and affection… or understanding and kindness.
Either one could work… but we’re looking for the BEST answer.
And in this case, the narrator’s attitude toward her grandparents goes beyond mere understanding
and kindness.
Those two words make it seem almost as if she’s barely tolerating them… but instead,
she adores their story, and seems to love them an awful lot.
Which means that our clear answer is “love and affection… A.
As in, “Acupuncture.”