Question

How does Alondra change by the end of the story?

She goes from being annoyed by Papaw's story to
being interested in Papaw's story.

She goes from wanting to watch television to wanting to read a book about the moon.

She goes from being excited to stay with Papaw to wishing her mother would come get her.

She goes from listening to Papaw tell his stories to ignoring him and watching television.

Answer 1

Alondra was sitting down on the thick shaggy rug, watching the picture on the television go in and out. She couldn't even tell what was happening to the people in her favorite show. She turned around and looked at her grandfather, who was sitting in his squeaky rocking chair reading the newspaper.
"Papaw," she whined, "why won't you get a new television? The picture is terrible!"
Papaw lowered his paper and looked down at her. His thick glasses magnified his eyes, and he looked right at Alondra for several seconds before answering her. "Well now, let's see," he began.
Alondra rolled her eyes. She could tell it was going to be another one of Papaw's long-winded stories.
"I bought that television for my mother in July of 1969. Got it at Sears. It was the first color television anyone on her block had ever owned." Papaw rocked back and forth a couple times, and the chair squeaked on the dusty, wooden floor. He was silent for a couple of minutes, and Alondra could see that he was lost in thought.
"How in the world can you remember exactly when you got it?" Alondra asked him. "That was forever ago!"
"Well, you see, that was about the time we were going to land our first astronauts on the moon. I wanted my mother to see it in color. Ain't much color on the moon, though."
"Wow!" Alondra yelled. "You were actually watching when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon?"
"Of course!" cried Papaw. "Everyone in the world was watching! But everything was so gray that I thought the color on the television wasn't working. Then, they put up the flag. Those bright red stripes and the blue field behind the stars, it made that TV worth every penny I spent on it."
"That's so cool," said Alondra. She turned back to the flickering screen. "There's never anything that good on anymore."

Answer 2

@iambatman

Answer 3

Oh the irony~

Answer 4

Try reading the passage yourself- it'll do you good ;P