Last Photographs

Did Marion want to go for a walk?
1. Yes, she did.
2. No, she didn't.
Why did Marion want to go for a walk or why didn't she want to go for a walk?
1. She didn't want to go for a walk because she didn't want to fix the fox pelt with the blue patches.
2. She didn’t want to go for a walk because it had been raining all night.
3. She wanted to go for a walk because she was worried about the park.
4. She wanted to go for a walk because a man named "tenement" was going to give away some blue patches in a field.
Why did Marion finally decide to go for a walk?
1. She saw a little blue sky outside and she didn't have to walk very far.
2. Some people were finally giving away some patches of blue.
3. She wanted Willie to take a photograph of her hat, which was wrapped in a fox pelt.
Who was "wrapped" in a fox pelt?
1. Marion
2. Willie
How many photos did Willie have film for that day?
1. One
2. The text doesn't say.
What was a characteristic of the area that Wilie and Marion lived in?
1. You could never find film on a Sunday.
2. You could always find film on a Sunday.
What does "a click of the ratchet showed maybe one exposure left" mean?
1. They took a trip to the park and sat on the left side of the bench.
2. He pressed a lever on the camera and saw that there was only one more photograph of the film.
3. He had never taken a photo of Marion.
How long had it been since Willie had last taken a photograph of Marion?
1. He hadn't taken a photo of Marion since she was a young girl.
2. He hadn't taken a photo of Marion for a very long time.
3. Willie opened his ratchet and took out a fresh roll of film.
What was Marion's relationship to Willie?
1. She was his mother.
2. She was his grandmother.
3. She was his wife.
Why did Willie choose the particular bench where Marion sat down?
1. It was a nice spot.
2. Marion was fat and wouldn't want to walk any further.
3. He was in love with her and he could see her reflection from there.
Were the couple on the same bench as Marion or on another bench?
1. on the same one.
2. on a different one.
Were there any vagrants near them?
1. Yes, there were some drunk vagrants standing on the left of the bench.
2. Yes, there were some drunk vagrants standing on the right of the bench.
3. No, there weren't any vagrants. There was a bench that the vagrants had burned some other time in the past.
What was one of the problems with the camera?
1. It tinted some of the photos.
2. The image in the viewfinder didn't correspond with what the photograph would finally look like.
3. It displaced the images to the right.
What did Marion do while Willie prepared the camera for the photograph?
1. She felt bothered by the photo taking.
2. She gave her gloves to Willie.
3. She remembered going to a studio with William a long time ago.
How was taking photos better "now" than in the past?
1. You had to go to a studio, stand motionless for a long time and pay a lot of money.
2. The "wee ones" grow faster.
3. Photos were cheaper, faster and easier now.
What was William's relationship to Marion?
1. He was her son.
2. He was her husband.
3. He was her father.
Did Marion miss William?
1. No, she didn't.
2. Yes, she did.
What happened to William?
1. He disappeared.
2. He died in his sleep.
3. He lost his voice.
What was different about Willie, Em and Susie?
1. Willie had stayed with his mother.
2. Susie had fidgeted.
3. Em had blurred figures.
When did the man on the bench at the top of the hill sit down?
1. At the same time Marion and Willie sat down on their bench.
2. After the young couple left.
3. After Marion took off her hat.
When did the man on the bench at the top of the hill leave?
1. Before Willie took the photograph of Marion.
2. After Willie took the photograph of Marion.
What's similar about the three people in: a) the large photograph of the man wreathed in whiskers, b) the landscaper that the young man sees seventy-five years later and, c) the man sitting on the bench in the second large photograph of Marion?
1. All three are wearing a blue hat.
2. All three are landscapers.
3. All three are in the photographs.
Who is the man in the first large photograph? (The man "in cap and shirtsleeves," "his face wreathed in turn-of-the-century whiskers.")
1. Willie
2. William
3. a stranger.
Who is the man that the young man sees seventy-five years later?
1. a neighbour.
2. a gardener.
3. William.
Who was the man sitting on the bench in the second large photograph (the one of Marion)?
1. Willie.
2. William.
3. a stranger.

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