How I Taught - Grandma Decides to Learn

What does the grandmother’s statement, “I want to be independent,” reveal about her character?

She wanted to be literate.

She desires self-sufficiency.

She wants to prove her intelligence to others.

She feels pressured by society to learn.

Fill in the blank with the appropriate option from those given in brackets.

The grandmother’s determination shows that learning has no . (age limit / gender bias / cultural barriers).

The narrator laughs at her grandmother’s decision to learn the alphabet at the age of sixty-two because ___________.

She was a lazy woman.

She did not like her grandmother.

It was too late.

List any two qualities displayed by the grandmother.

Determination.

Greedy.

Hardworking.

Stubborn.

How can we say that the narrator is making assumptions about her grandmother?

Select the correct evidences.

The narrator assumes that learning is only meant for children.

She finds it funny when her sixty-two-year-old grandmother wants to study.

She believes her grandmother may not be serious about learning.

She thinks her grandmother’s interest in the story is just casual.

She does not believe what her grandmother told about her childhood.

She does not realise how deeply her grandmother feels about being unable to read.

She assumes her grandmother cannot learn quickly at that age.

She is surprised by her grandmother’s hard work and discipline.

How I Taught – Grandma Decides to Learn