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The document contains questions and answers about the poem "The Living Photograph" by Jackie Kay. [1] The questions ask about details in the poem like the grandmother's clothes, her appearance when old, the persona's age when the photo was taken, and features repeated. [2] The answers provide details from the poem, stating the grandmother wore a white shirt and pleated skirt, became smaller and forgetful with age, the persona was 3 years old, and the grandmother's smile is repeated. [3] The rest of the document contains additional literature-based questions and answers about themes, symbols and analysis of the poem.

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Questions - The Living Photograph

The document contains questions and answers about the poem "The Living Photograph" by Jackie Kay. [1] The questions ask about details in the poem like the grandmother's clothes, her appearance when old, the persona's age when the photo was taken, and features repeated. [2] The answers provide details from the poem, stating the grandmother wore a white shirt and pleated skirt, became smaller and forgetful with age, the persona was 3 years old, and the grandmother's smile is repeated. [3] The rest of the document contains additional literature-based questions and answers about themes, symbols and analysis of the poem.

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Questions

1. Describe the clothes the grandmother wears in the photograph.


2. Describe the grandmother when she was old.
3. How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?
4. What feature about the grandmother is repeated in the poem?
5. Where did the grandmother go?
6. Whose hands are darker, the grandmother's or the grandchild's?

Answers

1. The grandmother was wearing a white shirt of specific English design and a pleated skirt.
2. The grandmother became smaller in stature because of a hunched back. She also became
forgetful.
3. She was three years old.
4. The grandmother's smile is repeated in the poem.
5. She passed away.
6. The grandmother's hands are darker.

Lit.Answers
THE LIVING PHOTOGRAPH- BY JACKIE KAY
(01) It refers to the photograph.
(02) 'White hand in black hand'
(03) Age has made her round and hunched.
(04) Evidence 1: She looks upon death as an awful, unthinkable place.
Evidence 2: She keeps her alive in her memory by looking at the photograph.

(05) (a) She appears firm/ confident/ strong.


(b) She was a protector / She inspired confidence.

(06) She became older and weaker./ She became absent-minded/ forgetful and hunched
(07) Reason 1: The memory of her grandmother lives on through this photograph.
Reason 2 : The poet's favourite memories of her grandmother are preserved in this
photograph/
The grandmother is an unforgettable person who is cherished by the persona.

(08) "Her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the eye"
(09) "Somewhere unknown, unthinkable"
(10) It refers to the photograph.
(11) (1) She was of different race/ ethnicity, yet was loved and accepted by her grandmother.
(2) She was kind.
(12) ' white hand in black hand'
(13) 'hunched'
(14) She was old and forgetful/ absent-minded.

(15) (Accept any suitable answer)


Quality Evidence
Kind " a kind old smile"
Protective/caring " her big hands holds mine"
fearless/ courageous " look her own death in the eye"
friendly " the crinkled smile is still living"

(16) kind old smile, sharp blue eyes


(17) It had become round and hunched
(18) She was three years old.
(19) She accepts the fact that people of different races can live harmoniously.
Reason: She accepts and loves her white grandmother.

(20) The word 'unthinkable'.


(21) In the 1st stanza, the grandmother is strong and healthy in the photograph while in the
2nd
stanza, the grandmother is older and ill.
(22) The poem teaches us that we must spend time with our loved ones because when they
pass away,
all that will be left are the memories of the time spent together.
(23) (a) Broderie anglaise
(24) The skirt was pleated and the shoes were flat.
(25) I think she was getting old and forgetful.
(26) Where: By the grandmother's side
Reason: The persona mentions 'her big hands hold mine'

(27) They tell us that she was a white woman.


(28) Her grandmother had passed away and gone to the awful place.
(29) Yes, because she was said to have looked 'her own death in the eye'.
(30) How: She became shorter and small with round hunched back.
Reason: She had become old.

(31) The word is 'crinkled'


(32) She can be so described when she was young before her sixties.
(33) The line is 'white hand in black hand'.
(34) Age gap: 1 think it must be big.
Reason: The persona describes her grandmother's smile as crinkled meaning she had
wrinkles and the persona was only three.
(35) The word is 'hunched'.
(36) Three years old
(37) The soup was not boiled and I think it was on the stove that was not lit.
(38) Understanding: No, I don't think she understand then.
Reason: She mentions the place as awful, unknown and unthinkable when normally
heaven is described as beautiful.

(39) The face is wrinkled.


(40) Love and ties between a grandmother and granddaughter.
(41) The phrase is ' white hand in black hand'
(42) Feeling : She feels happy and loved.
Reason : She mentions that the grandmother's crinkled smile is still living and breathing
as
though her grandmother is still standing beside her.

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