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Comprehension - Living Photograph

This document contains 17 multiple choice and short answer questions about a poem analyzing themes, characters, imagery, and the relationship between the persona and their grandmother as depicted in a photograph. It asks the reader to interpret details about the grandmother's appearance, when the photo was taken, what locations or ideas are being referenced in the text, and how the photograph makes the reader feel about photos of loved ones. The questions probe the reader's understanding of themes like memory, aging, family heritage, and the power of photographs to convey meaning and emotion.

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Comprehension - Living Photograph

This document contains 17 multiple choice and short answer questions about a poem analyzing themes, characters, imagery, and the relationship between the persona and their grandmother as depicted in a photograph. It asks the reader to interpret details about the grandmother's appearance, when the photo was taken, what locations or ideas are being referenced in the text, and how the photograph makes the reader feel about photos of loved ones. The questions probe the reader's understanding of themes like memory, aging, family heritage, and the power of photographs to convey meaning and emotion.

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Answer the following questions.

1. How old was the persona when the photograph was taken? (1m)
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2. Which line in the poem tells us the grandmother has passed away? (1m)
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3. List two items grandmother wears in the poem. (2m)
a)

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b)

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4. What do you think the writer is referring to in the phrase the awful place grandmothers go? (2m)
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5. Why do you think the writers small grandmother is tall in the photo? (2m)
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6. In the first stanza, what does the word there refer to? (1m)
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7. Which line tells you that the writer and her grandmother come from different ethnic background?
(1m)
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8. Quote evidence from the poem that the photograph was taken a long time ago. (1m)
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9. Explain the meaning of the word crinkled. (1m)
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10. How do these lines make you feel about photographs of people you love? (2m)
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11. List down two themes of the poem. (2m)


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12. Give two moral values that are found in the poem. (2m)
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13. How do you think of the persona feels towards her grandmother? Support your answer with
evidence from the poem. (2m)
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14. A picture speaks a thousand words is a common proverb. How would you relate this to the
poem The Living Photograph? (2m)
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15. Which line in the poem tells us the grandmother has become forgetful? (1m)
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16. What does the line white hand in black hand suggest? (1m)
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17. How are the people in the photograph related? (1m)
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