The two Grandmothers

Describe Grandma Del's house.

• She lives in a 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.

• All of the above.

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

• Castor Oil

• Olive Oil

• Purelene

• Vaseline

What is written on the oil lamps?

• Home sweet home

• What you see here when you come here, let it stay here.

• My father is a millionaire.

• My sweet paradise.

What does Grandma Elaine tell the narrator to call her?

• Towser

• Grandma

• Aunty Towser

• Queenie

Why did Grandmother Elaine ask 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, the pool, 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 that Grandma Elaine gives to the narrator?

• A bracelet

• A ring

• A wig

• A hand-made dress

Where does Towser live?

• In an urban area

• In a rural area

• At the seaside

• In the mountains

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

• Miami and Disneyland

• Mexico

• Ochi Rios

• Bahamas

Who is Pearlie to the narrator?

• Her best friend

• Her enemy

• Her sister

• Her cousin