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She had always been short and fat and slightly bent. Her face was a crisscross of wrinkles running from everywhere to everywhere. No, we were certain she had always been as we had known her. Old, so terribly old that she could not have grown older, and had stayed at the same age for twenty years. She could never have been pretty; but she was always ______.
beautiful
She hobbled about the house in spotless white with one hand resting on her waist to balance her stoop and the other telling the beads of her ______.
rosary
Her silver locks were scattered untidily over her pale face, and her lips constantly moved in ______ prayer.
inaudible
Yes, she was ______. She was like the winter landscape in the mountains.
beautiful
Old, so terribly old that she could not have grown older, and had stayed at the same age for twenty years. She could never have been pretty; but she was always ______.
beautiful
What was the appearance of the narrator's grandmother?
She was old, wrinkled, short, fat, and slightly bent.
Describe the appearance of the grandfather based on the portrait in the drawing room.
He wore a big turban and loose-fitting clothes, had a long white beard, and looked at least a hundred years old.
How did the narrator and others view the grandmother's claim of being young and pretty in the past?
They found it almost revolting and absurd.
How did the grandmother's physical appearance change as she aged?
Her silver locks were scattered untidily over her pale face, and her lips constantly moved in prayer.
How did the grandmother move about the house?
She hobbled about in spotless white, with one hand resting on her waist to balance her stoop and the other telling the beads of her rosary.
Test your knowledge on character descriptions in literature with this quiz. Read a passage and identify the character being described.
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