Practice A
1
Read questions 1-2 first. Then read the selection and answer the
questions.
I used to stay at my grandparents' farm' every summer. One day when I was
five, I noticed that my grandmother's old car had rusty spots. I thought,
"Grandmother shouldn't drive such an ugly vehicle!" I found a gallon of
house paint in the garage and covered the car in messy splotches of thick
green paint. When my grandmother came outside, her eyes got as big as
dinner plates. She asked, "What are you doing?" Suddenly realizing I'd made
a mistake, I explained that I thought a beautiful lady like her should drive.
a beautiful car. "Melissa," she said with a laugh, "that's a better thing to
hear than to see." You can say that I learned a lot about patience from my
grandmother.
The conversation between the narrator and her
grandmother leads to the story's resolution because it
-
A causes the narrator to understand that she is
In a lot of trouble
B reveals to the narrator that her grandmother is
understanding
2 The end of the story reveals that the grandmother
F doesn't care about her car
G is compassionate