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The Woman in the Snow

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Frantically, with great need

a)

desperately

b)

sarcastically

c)

calmly

d)

easily

2.

Care for the suffering and troubles of others

a)

discrimination

b)

cruelty

c)

compassion

d)

hatred

3.

Unfair treatment of people in a particular group

a)

segregation

b)

discrimination

c)

integration

d)

equality

4.

Effort to gain equal rights for all Americans

a)

American civil rights movement

b)

segregation

c)

discrimination

d)

boycott

5.

A punishment of an organization by refusing to use its services

a)

purchase

b)

support

c)

boycott

d)

accept

6.

Dangerous

a)

hazardous

b)

hustle

c)

safe

d)

difficult

7.

Racially separated

a)

segregated

b)

integrated

c)

discriminated

d)

desegregated

8.

Who narrates the story "The Woman in the Snow"?

a)

Grady Bishop

b)

Ray Hammond

c)

A person outside the story

d)

the ghost of Eula Mae

9.

Which sentence from the story shows Grady’s prejudice?

a)

Grady saw that the woman was very young, no more than twenty.

b)

"Well, I got to go by the hospital on the way back to the garage. You can ride that far."

c)

“You know I can’t stand being a chauffeur for a bunch of colored maids and cooks,” he groused.

d)

Grady dismissed the incident until the next morning, when he read that it had been a record snowfall.

10.

In which of these details does the narrator reveal a character’s thoughts?

a)

The regular riders recognize Grady.

b)

Grady tells himself that it is a waste of time to be nice.

c)

Grady tells the passengers to get to the back of the bus.

d)

Grady complains to his boss about driving the Hall Street

Express.

11.

If Ray had stopped Eula Mae from boarding the bus, what would she probably have done?

a)

Forced her way onto the bus.

b)

Found another way to the hospital.

c)

Agreed to take her sick baby home.

d)

Continued to haunt the bus drivers.

12.

Which of these statements is true about Grady and Ray?

a)

Grady was lazy, but Ray worked hard.

b)

Grady was friendly, but Ray was timid.

c)

Grady was uncaring, but Ray was kind.

d)

Grady was understanding, but Ray was impatient.

13.

Twenty-five years pass between two parts of the story. What happens during this time?

a)

Attitudes about race begin to change.

b)

Eula Mae becomes a tired, old woman.

c)

People stop believing in ghosts and spirits.

d)

The bus system changes its Hall Street route.

14.

Use the past progressive.

Shawna ____________________ to enter a dance contest. (plan)

a)

plan

b)

planning

c)

is planning

d)

was planning

15.

Use the past progressive.

Some of the other girls ___________________ fun of her. (make)

a)

making

b)

make

c)

were make

d)

were making

16.

Use the past progressive.

Shawna ___________________ about dropping out of the contest. (think)

a)

was thinking

b)

thinking

c)

thought

d)

think

17.

Use the past progressive.

I ___________________ her not to quit. (encourage)

a)

encourage

b)

encouraging

c)

was encouraging

d)

were encouraging

18.

Use the past progressive.

Shawna listened to me and __________________ when she went onstage. (smile)

a)

was smiling

b)

were smiling

c)

smiling

d)

is smiling

19.

Use the future tense.

One day I _____________________________ in a restaurant kitchen. (work)

a)

will work

b)

working

c)

work

d)

will working

20.

Use the future tense.

We ___________________________ about safety in the kitchen. (learn)

a)

will learning

b)

learn

c)

will learn

d)

are learn

21.

Use the future tense.

Learning about safety __________________________ us in an emergency. (help)

a)

helping

b)

is help

c)

is going to help

d)

is going helping

22.

Use the future tense.

We ___________________________ what to do if someone gets hurt. (know)

a)

are going to know

b)

knowing

c)

are going know

d)

going to know

23.

Use the future tense.

I ___________________________ careful when working in the kitchen. (be)

a)

going to be

b)

being

c)

am going to be

d)

am going