Question

1.The cardboard ............ years or so. q.1 what does the cardboard refer to? q.2 who was the big girl and how old was she? q.3 how did the cousons go paddling with mother? 2.All three ........... transient feet. q.1 who does all three refers to here? q.2 where are they now? q.3 why did they smile through there hair?

Answer 1

1. The cardboard refers to the snapshot of her mother. This snapshot had been taken by the mother’s uncle when she was twelve years old during a beach excursion.

2. The big girl was the poet’s mother.

3. A trip to beach had been organized by the poet’s mother’s uncle. Her cousins Betty and Dolly had accompanied the mother.

1. All three refers to the poet’s mother and her cousin aunts Betty and Dolly.

2.  The poet’s mother is dead. About the aunts there is no mention what happened to them.

3. They were smiling because they were having fun. The uncle wanted to click a picture of them so he had asked them to smile.