WorksheetsThe Living Photograph (Form 4)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the name of the poet who wrote "The Living Photograph."
Jackie Chan
Jackie Kay
Jackie Nay
Jackie Collins
In stanza 1, 'My small grandmother is tall there'. Where is there?
In the photograph
In her house
In the living room
In the picture frame
In stanza 1, the grandmother was wearing all of the things listed below EXCEPT
white checkered shirt
pleated skirt
flat shoes
flip flop
white broderie anglaise shirt
In Stanza 1, what is 'broderie anglaise' ?
Embroidery (sulaman)
Folded (lipatan)
Semi-transparent (separuh jarang)
Very big clothes
In Stanza 1, what 'pleated skirt' means?
polka dot skirt
twisted skirt
folded skirt
In stanza 1, what is the color of grandmother's hair?
white
gray
grey
black
'Her big hand hold mine'. what does these lines mean?
The grandmother holds the grandchild's hand
The grandmother holds the mother's hand
The mother holds the daughter's hand
The grandmother holds the mother's hand
In Stanza 1, What does the line, "white hand in black hand" suggest?
different skin colour
a mixed race family
exposure to the sun
it suggests nothing
In Stanza 2, the grandmother became small for the following reasons EXCEPT
She lost weight.
She was aging.
Her back had hunched.
'Her back round and hunched' suggests the grandmother's physical. How was the grandmother look like?
has a strong build
has a tall body
small and has back issue
very thin
In stanza 2, which word tells us the grandmother's body was bent?
Round
Hunched
Flat
Small
What does the line
”Her soup forgot to boil” imply?
Grandmother had become senile (failing in physical and mental capabilities due to old age)
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.
In stanza 2, what do the last two lines tell us?
The grandmother has died
She has forgotten the grandmother
She still remembers the grandmother
The grandmother has gone somewhere
Which line that tells reader that the grandmother has passed away?
somewhere unknown, unthinkable
but there she is still
she went to the awful place grandmothers go
her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the eye
In stanza 2, which word mean death?
unthinkable
awful
unknown
death
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
How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?
3 years old
13 years old.
33 years old
Why is the photograph of the grandmother is called "The Living Photograph"?
The photograph is basically alive.
The memory of the persona continues to live in the photograph.
The photograph makes the grandmother an immortal.
The memory that persona has for her grandmother dies when she died.
