A Photograph (Poem)

Who are the two girl cousins in the poem?

• A) Betty and Dolly

• B) The narrator and the mother

• C) The mother and her sister

• D) The uncle and the narrator

How old is the big girl in the poem?

• A) Ten years old

• B) Twelve years old

• C) Fifteen years old

• D) Eighteen years old

How does the mother react to the snapshot years later?

• A) She cries

• B) She laughs

• C) She tears it up

• D) She frames it

What does the sea wash in the poem?

• A) Sandcastles

• B) Shells

• C) Transient feet

• D) Pebbles

What is the narrator's relation to the big girl and her cousins?

• A) Mother

• B) Aunt

• C) Uncle

• D) Child

What emotion does the narrator feel towards the past?

• A) Joy

• B) Sorrow

• C) Regret

• D) Nostalgia

How long has the mother been dead?

• A) Less than a year

• B) Nearly as many years as the girl lived

• C) Fifty years

• D) A few months

What does the mother do in the snapshot?

• A) Holds a camera

• B) Smiles through her hair

• C) Holds the hands of the two girls

• D) Laughs at Betty and Dolly

What is the significance of the last line "Its silence silences"?

• A) The sea is silent

• B) The photograph is silent

• C) The loss is profound

• D) The narrator's silence

What is the primary setting of the poem?

• A) A park

• B) A beach

• C) A garden

• D) A forest