The Living Photograph

What kind of relationship is portrayed in this poem?

• mother and daughter

• mother and grandmother

• mother and grand daughter

• grandmother and granddaughter

How old was the persona when the photo was taken?

• not mentioned

• 3 years old

• not sure but the persona was a teenager at that time

What did the grandmother always wear when she was younger?

• pleated skirt

• white broderie anglaise shirt

• knitted sweater

• scarf

• flat shoes

How does the persona want to remember her grandmother?

• healthy

• smiling

• breathing

• thinking

• living

Why do you think the grandmother forgot to boil the soup?

• she' too busy

• she has become senile

• she went out for a while

Which line in the poem tells us the grandmother has become forgetful?

• It was true after all; that look

• Somewhere unknown, unthinkable

• My tall grandmother became small

• Her soup forgot to boil

Which line tells you that the writer and her grandmother are from different ethnic background?

• white hand in black hand

• Her big hand holds mine

• straight-back, white broderie anglaise shirt