5th Grade Reading Quiz
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Keisha's grandmother kept a small box on the highest shelf of the hallway closet. The box was plain wood, but it was polished until it shone like honey. Keisha had noticed it for years and had never been invited to open it.
On the day Keisha turned ten, her grandmother carried the box to the kitchen table. The afternoon sun stretched across the floor, and dust sparkled in the light.
"This is yours now," Grandma said.
Keisha's hands hovered. She did not want to seem greedy, but she yearned to know what the box held. She lifted the lid slowly.
Inside were letters tied with a ribbon, a small photograph, and a thimble. The items looked ordinary, yet they felt carefully chosen.
Grandma tapped the ribbon. "These are messages I wrote to myself when I was learning hard things," she said. "Some days I felt brave. Some days I felt like a leaf in a storm."
Keisha touched the thimble. "Why keep this?"
Grandma smiled. "It protected my finger while I sewed. It reminds me that protection is not weakness. It is preparation."
Keisha opened one letter. The handwriting was neat, but the words were honest: "Today I made a mistake, and I will try again tomorrow."
Keisha looked up. Grandma's eyes were bright, and Keisha realized they were not only giving her objects. They were giving her a way to think.
Keisha tied the ribbon back around the letters. "Can I add my own someday?" she asked.
Grandma nodded. "That's how it becomes a story, not just a box."
Based on the text, what can you infer about Keisha's grandmother?
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