Question

“Childishly I made fun of the old lady. But she just smiled.” The smile of the grandmother explains that she understood that her granddaughter ______.

Options

• was determined to teach her.

• might be too immature to understand her pain.

• would ridicule her later.

• could be contemplating.

Answer 1

“Childishly I made fun of the old lady. But she just smiled.” The smile of the grandmother explains that she understood that her granddaughter might be too immature to understand her pain.

Explanation:

The grandmother simply smiled because she understood that her granddaughter was young and did not fully understand how helpless and embarrassed she felt because she could not read. She did not get angry with her granddaughter.