The Woman in the Snow

What is the conflict in our story?

• A woman is kicked off of a bus when she refuses to give up her to seat to a man.

• A bus driver sees a ghost and has nightmares each night

• A woman who died one night after being kicked off of a bus has returned each year to try to reach her destination

• all of the above

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Who would be described as compassionate and kind in our story?

• Eula Mae Daniels

• Ray Hammond

• Grady Bishop

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Grady Bishop could be described as___________.

• pivotal

• personification

• racist

• plummeted

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Why did Ray Hammond stop to let the ghost in the bus?  Why did he take her to the hospital?

• Fear drove him to do it.

• she reminded him of his own child and he thought no one deserved to be out in that cold.
• She gave him her wedding ring.
• He was disgusted with Grady Bishop.

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Grady Bishop is described as a racist. Which answer proves that?

• He was the eleventh child of the town drunk.

• He was uneducated.

• Grady was obese.

• Grady pulled away when Eula asked him to feel how hot her child was.

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What is the definition of conflict?

• feeling sympathy or concern for others

• a struggle between characters or forces

• a struggle to succeed

• a howling, cold wind storm in the winter

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Who would you describe as brave in the story?

• Ray Hammond

• Grady Bishop

• Eula Mae Daniels

• Mrs. Hammond

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Why did Eula Mae Daniels run out into a snow storm with her baby?

• She had to get to work and needed to drop the baby off at her mother's house.

• She had to go pick up her husband from work.

• The baby was sick and she was trying to get to the hospital.

• Mrs. Daniels had no car.

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Why would you describe Grady Bishop as rude, racist and uncaring?

• Because he is so obese that the steering wheel of the bus pushed into his stomach when he was driving.

• He is a racist.

• Because he treated his black customers on the bus badly and called his route The Blackbird Express.

• Grady is callous because he left Eula Mae and her baby in the snow and when he found out both of them had died, he did not care.

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What is the theme of the story?

• Do what is right even if it is scary.

• Get motivated. Nothing ever happens if you don't try.

• Love will overcome everything

• Be careful what you wish for. It might not be what you really want.

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