The author's purpose in writing this passage is to offer
perspective on the common experience of losing a game. How
does the grandmother's arrival in Paragraph 6 help to achieve
this purpose?
She is proud of the narrator for trying so hard, even though the rest
of the team played poorly.
She is thrilled that the team won the game and wants the narrator to
celebrate with her.
Her angry reaction to the team's loss reminds the narrator to do
something to make it up to her.
Her reaction surprises the narrator, but she has a unique way of
viewing the outcome of the game.