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question 4: does the refuse of the quilts indacate a change of charictor, why has she never done anything like this before? is any forshadowing

The mother refuses to give up the quilts because she has already promised them to there other daughter and because she feels a personal connection with the quilts because of the history that is in them. the mom's character changes when she realizes how much the quilts really mean to her daughter and decides to give her some. she hasn't done anything like that before because she hasn't been in a constance like this. in the story it does not forshadow this out come. insted it suprieses you with the ending