The Portrait of a Lady" by Khushwant Singh

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What did people say about the narrator's grandmother?

She had once been young and pretty. (correct)

She had never been married.

She had a big turban and loose-fitting clothes.

She had always been old and wrinkled.

What did the narrator's grandfather look like in his portrait?

He had a big turban and loose-fitting clothes.

He had a long white beard.

He looked at least a hundred years old.

All of the above. (correct)

What did the narrator's grandmother accept with resignation?

Her wrinkled appearance.

Her seclusion. (correct)

Her old age.

Her husband's portrait.

What did the narrator's grandmother's portrait look like?

It was old and wrinkled. Signup and view all the answers

What did the narrator's grandfather's portrait hang above?

The mantelpiece in the drawing room. Signup and view all the answers

What did people say about the narrator's grandmother's appearance?

Hard to believe that she had once been young and pretty. Signup and view all the answers

What did the narrator's grandfather's portrait look like?

He wore a big turban and loose-fitting clothes. Signup and view all the answers

How did the narrator's grandmother accept her seclusion?

With resignation. Signup and view all the answers

What did the dilapidated drum have?

The sagging skins. Signup and view all the answers

What did the narrator's grandmother's portrait hang above?

The mantelpiece in the drawing room. Signup and view all the answers

The Portrait of a Lady" by Khushwant Singh

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What did people say about the narrator's grandmother?

What did the narrator's grandfather look like in his portrait?

What did the narrator's grandmother accept with resignation?

What did the narrator's grandmother's portrait look like?

What did the narrator's grandfather's portrait hang above?

What did people say about the narrator's grandmother's appearance?

What did the narrator's grandfather's portrait look like?

How did the narrator's grandmother accept her seclusion?

What did the dilapidated drum have?

What did the narrator's grandmother's portrait hang above?

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