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A Photograph (Poem)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who are the two girl cousins in the poem?

a)

A) Betty and Dolly

b)

B) The narrator and the mother

c)

C) The mother and her sister

d)

D) The uncle and the narrator

2.

How old is the big girl in the poem?

a)

A) Ten years old

b)

B) Twelve years old

c)

C) Fifteen years old

d)

D) Eighteen years old

3.

How does the mother react to the snapshot years later?

a)

A) She cries

b)

B) She laughs

c)

C) She tears it up

d)

D) She frames it

4.

What does the sea wash in the poem?

a)

A) Sandcastles

b)

B) Shells

c)

C) Transient feet

d)

D) Pebbles

5.

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

a)

A) Mother

b)

B) Aunt

c)

C) Uncle

d)

D) Child

6.

What emotion does the narrator feel towards the past?

a)

A) Joy

b)

B) Sorrow

c)

C) Regret

d)

D) Nostalgia

7.

How long has the mother been dead?

a)

A) Less than a year

b)

B) Nearly as many years as the girl lived

c)

C) Fifty years

d)

D) A few months

8.

What does the mother do in the snapshot?

a)

A) Holds a camera

b)

B) Smiles through her hair

c)

C) Holds the hands of the two girls

d)

D) Laughs at Betty and Dolly

9.

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

a)

A) The sea is silent

b)

B) The photograph is silent

c)

C) The loss is profound

d)

D) The narrator's silence

10.

What is the primary setting of the poem?

a)

A) A park

b)

B) A beach

c)

C) A garden

d)

D) A forest