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WorksheetsThe Living Photograph : Form 4 Poem
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who were in the photograph?
Persona and her mother
Persona and her grandmother
Persona and her great-grandmother
The grandmother wore the following attire in the photograph except:
Broderie Anglaise shirt
Pleated pants
Flat shoes
Which line tells the persona and her grandmother are from different ethnic backgrounds?
White hand in black hand
Her big hands hold mine
Somewhere unknown, unthinkable
Describe the grandmother’s shoes
Heeled
Flat
she was barefoot
What is the skin colour of the grandmother?
White
Black
It’s not stated in the poem
What does the line
“Her sharp blue eyes look her death in the eye” mean?
The persona knows her grandmother’s death will come soon
The persona knows her grandmother is in better place.
The persona knows her grandmother can predict death.
Th grandmother became small for the following reasons except
She lost weight.
She was aging.
Her back had hunched.
What does the line
”Her soup forgot to boil” imply?
Grandmother had become senile.
Grandmother had become thoughtful.
Grandmother was getting tired.
What does “awful place” refer to?
Another planet
Back then
Life after death
What does the line
”She went to the awful place grandmothers go” mean?
The grandmother is terminally ill.
The grandmother passed away.
The grandmother is recovering.
How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?
3 years old
13 years old.
33 years old
Which line indicates that the grandmother will always be alive?
But there she is still,
In the photo with me at three,
The crinkled smile is still living, breathing
Which of the following is not the moral values from the poem?
We must spend time with our loved ones while they are still alive.
We must treasure each moment spent with our loved ones.
We must share our problems with our loved ones.
Which of the following is not the theme for the poem?
Family bond
Death is a part of life
Health
The theme “Family Bond” is shown in the poem in the following statements except
Even the persona and her grandmother have different skin colours, they love each other.
The persona always spends time with her grandmother by doing family activities everyday.
The photograph shows the strong bond of the persona and her grandmother.
Which is not the moral value of the poem?
Unconditional love between grandchildren and grandmother
Values the importance of family relationships
Mourning over the death of our loved ones
What is the tone of stanza one?
Melancholic
Nostalgic
Positive
How many stanzas are there in the poem?
3
4
5
Suggest a way to treasure our loved ones?
Spend time with them
Loan some money from them.
spread rumours about them.
The grandmother is still living with the persona.
TRUE
FALSE
