I have a good memory of my grandfather,Jack. He was sitting in his armchair in the front room. 

I sat next to him. We were reading aloud,our heads bent over the page in front of us,a finger marking the words;separated by seven decades,brought together by words. It's a common scene in British families;however,in our case,the usual order of things is reversed .Granddad had been blind since I was tiny,so I was reading to him.When reading aloud,people usually read something that's of interest to the listener. So I didn't read children's books;I read the sorts of things Granddad liked to hear about. Much of the vocabulary in Granddad's reading material was far beyond me. When I met unfamiliar words,I'd spell them out. 

Granddad would help me. It must have been painful for him to hear news;but he never hurried me along or complained. Our reading wasn't really about getting knowledge. It was a way for us to spend time together. 

My grandfather wasn't always blind. He had been a good carpenter .The first Christmas of my parents' marriage,he built my mother a bookcase,which now belongs to my son Jonah,providing a link between four generations. 

I was a fortunate child;I spent a lot of time with my grandfather,and he opened the world to me in a particular way. Reading was our way of building a relationship that has had a lasting effect on me. In the school holidays,I sometimes accompanied him on trips to the seaside with the local association for the blind. This might seem strange,but I felt that my personal value was realized because I could finally do something for Granddad. 

A decade later,I found a position in a nursing home,which reminded me of my early experiences;reading to senior citizens was a connection back to Granddad. More than simple conversation,reading aloud is a connection between two individuals and it can have a big emotional effect on elderly people. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Was the narrator's grandfather a sighted person?
2. Was the author's granddad able to make use of his eyes?
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Q2:
1. Was the author's grandfather blind from birth?
2. Had the narrator's granddad always been blind?
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Q3:
1. What was the previous profession of the narrator's grandfather?
2. How had the narrator's granddad nonce been employed?
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Q4:
1. Who is the narrator's grandfather?
2. What is the name of the narrator's granddad?
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Q5:
1. Where does the narrator work later in his life?
2. What place employs the narrator later in life?
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Q6:
1. Are there benefits to reading to senior citizens?
2. Can reading with the elderly make people feel good?
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Q7:
1. What piece of furniture has gone through multiple generations of the author's family?
2. What piece of furniture has more than one generation of the narrator's fmaily used?
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Q8:
1. How many generations of the author's family have used the bookcase?
2. For how many generations has the bookcase been in the narrator's family?
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Q9:
1. Who currently owns the bookcase?
2. Who is in possession of the bookcase at present?
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Q10:
1. Where did the author sometimes take trips with his granddad?
2. Where would the narrator and his grandfather sometimes vacation?
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Q11:
1. What group accompanied the narrator and his grandfather to the seaside?
2. Who would the author and Jack go to the sea with?
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Q12:
1. Do many British households read together?
2. Is it normal for British families to read together?
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Q13:
1. Did the narrator read childrens books with his granddad?
2. Would the author read books for kids with his grandfather?
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Q14:
1. Did Jack get annoyed with his grandson?
2. Did the narrator get on his grandfather's nerves?
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Q15:
1. What makes the narrator think of his grandpa?
2. What reminds the narrator of Jack?
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