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The Living Photograph (Form 4)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the poet who wrote "The Living Photograph."

a)

Jackie Chan

b)

Jackie Kay

c)

Jackie Nay

d)

Jackie Collins

2.

In stanza 1, 'My small grandmother is tall there'. Where is there?

a)

In the photograph

b)

In her house

c)

In the living room

d)

In the picture frame

3.

In stanza 1, the grandmother was wearing all of the things listed below EXCEPT

a)

white checkered shirt

b)

pleated skirt

c)

flat shoes

d)

flip flop

e)

white broderie anglaise shirt

4.

In Stanza 1, what is 'broderie anglaise' ?

a)

Embroidery (sulaman)

b)

Folded (lipatan)

c)

Semi-transparent (separuh jarang)

d)

Very big clothes

5.

In Stanza 1, what 'pleated skirt' means?

a)

polka dot skirt

b)

twisted skirt

c)

folded skirt

6.

In stanza 1, what is the color of grandmother's hair?

a)

white

b)

gray

c)

grey

d)

black

7.

'Her big hand hold mine'. what does these lines mean?

a)

The grandmother holds the grandchild's hand

b)

The grandmother holds the mother's hand

c)

The mother holds the daughter's hand

d)

The grandmother holds the mother's hand

8.

In Stanza 1, What does the line, "white hand in black hand" suggest?

a)

different skin colour

b)

a mixed race family

c)

exposure to the sun

d)

it suggests nothing

9.

In Stanza 2, the grandmother became small for the following reasons EXCEPT

a)

She lost weight.

b)

She was aging.

c)

Her back had hunched.

10.

'Her back round and hunched' suggests the grandmother's physical. How was the grandmother look like?

a)

has a strong build

b)

has a tall body

c)

small and has back issue

d)

very thin

11.

In stanza 2, which word tells us the grandmother's body was bent?

a)

Round

b)

Hunched

c)

Flat

d)

Small

12.

What does the line


”Her soup forgot to boil” imply?

a)

Grandmother had become senile (failing in physical and mental capabilities due to old age)

b)

Grandmother had become thoughtful.

c)

Grandmother was getting tired.

13.

What does “awful place” refer to?

a)

Another planet

b)

Back then

c)

Life after death

14.

What does the line


”She went to the awful place grandmothers go” mean?

a)

The grandmother is terminally ill.

b)

The grandmother passed away.

c)

The grandmother is recovering.

15.

In stanza 2, what do the last two lines tell us?

a)

The grandmother has died

b)

She has forgotten the grandmother

c)

She still remembers the grandmother

d)

The grandmother has gone somewhere

16.

Which line that tells reader that the grandmother has passed away?

a)

somewhere unknown, unthinkable

b)

but there she is still

c)

she went to the awful place grandmothers go

d)

her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the eye

17.

In stanza 2, which word mean death?

a)

unthinkable

b)

awful

c)

unknown

d)

death

18.

Which line indicates that the grandmother will always be alive?

a)

But there she is still,

b)

In the photo with me at three,

c)

The crinkled smile is still living, breathing

19.

How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?

a)

3 years old

b)

13 years old.

c)

33 years old

20.

Why is the photograph of the grandmother is called "The Living Photograph"?

a)

The photograph is basically alive.

b)

The memory of the persona continues to live in the photograph.

c)

The photograph makes the grandmother an immortal.

d)

The memory that persona has for her grandmother dies when she died.