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Here's another shmoop for the barbecue...

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The story so sweet you read it twice... hit pause and fall in love with this passage all over again...

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Which of the following BEST describes the narrator's feelings toward her grandparents?

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And here are the potential answers:

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Okay, once again, this question is just testing our overall grasp of the story.

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Can we tell how the narrator feels about these two geezers? Uh... elderly folks?

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Right off the bat, it looks like we can cross off B and D.

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Shame and distrust?

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Sadness and fear?

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If you think either of those are remote possibilities, you're not reading the same passage we are.

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Okay, so it's down to A and C

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Love and affection... or understanding and kindness.

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Either one could work... but we're looking for the BEST answer.

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And in this case, the narrator's attitude toward her grandparents goes beyond mere understanding

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and kindness.

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Those two words make it seem almost as if she's barely tolerating them... but instead,

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she adores their story, and seems to love them an awful lot.

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Which means that our clear answer is "love and affection... A.

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As in, "Acupuncture."

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