Question

How did the narrator in the address come to know that cutlery silver

Answer 1

Even if they were using the silver cutlery everyday, the narrator was no aware of the the fact that they were silver.One day the narrator had not gone to school for some reason she could not remember exactly. Then her mother had asked her to polish the silver and that was when she realized that the cutlery they used were made of silver.

Answer 2

Narrator had no idea that the cutlery they used was made out of silver. One day when she didn't go to school for some reason, her mother asked her to polish the silver cutlery. This confused her regarding which silver cutlery her mother was talking about. Her mother told her that the spoons, forks, etc. they used were made out of silver. This is when she came to know that the cutlery they had been using all along was made out of silver.