The Two Grandmothers by Olive Senior

Describe Grandma Del's house

• She lives in this pretty little house with white lace curtains at all the windows

• She lived in a Mansion with iron gates

• Her house was surrounded by a zinc fence with

• All of the above

What does Grandma Del rub the narrator's head every night?

• Castor Oil

• Olive Oil

• Purelene

• Vaseline

What is written on the oil lamps?

• Home sweet home

• When you come here, what you see here let it stay here.

• My father is a millionaire

• My sweet paradise

What does Grandma Elaine tells the narrator to call her?

• Towser

• Grandma

• Aunty Towser

• Queenie

Why did Grandmother Elaine tell the narrator to call her Towser?

• Because the narrator was getting older and Towser doesn't want to seem old.

• She preferred Towser

• She was in a competition with Grandma Del

• All of the above

Why doesn't Towser pay attention to her granddaughter?

• Because she's always rushing off to the gym or the pool or dinners or she is on the phone.

• The granddaughter was annoying.

• She did not want anyone to know she had a granddaughter

• She never loved her granddaughter.

What is one of the gifts Grandma Elaine give the narrator?

• A bracelet

• A ring

• A wig

• A hand-made dress

Where does Towser live?

• In an urban area

• In a rural area

• The seaside

• In the mountains

Where are some of the places the granddaughter wanted to go?

• Miami and Disney land

• Mexico

• Ochi Rios

• Bahamas

Who is Pearlie to the narrator?

• Her best friend

• Her enemy

• Her sister

• her cousin