WorksheetsThe Woman in the Snow
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 17mins
Frantically, with great need
desperately
sarcastically
calmly
easily
Care for the suffering and troubles of others
discrimination
cruelty
compassion
hatred
Unfair treatment of people in a particular group
segregation
discrimination
integration
equality
Effort to gain equal rights for all Americans
American civil rights movement
segregation
discrimination
boycott
A punishment of an organization by refusing to use its services
purchase
support
boycott
accept
Dangerous
hazardous
hustle
safe
difficult
Racially separated
segregated
integrated
discriminated
desegregated
Who narrates the story "The Woman in the Snow"?
Grady Bishop
Ray Hammond
A person outside the story
the ghost of Eula Mae
Which sentence from the story shows Grady’s prejudice?
Grady saw that the woman was very young, no more than twenty.
"Well, I got to go by the hospital on the way back to the garage. You can ride that far."
“You know I can’t stand being a chauffeur for a bunch of colored maids and cooks,” he groused.
Grady dismissed the incident until the next morning, when he read that it had been a record snowfall.
In which of these details does the narrator reveal a character’s thoughts?
The regular riders recognize Grady.
Grady tells himself that it is a waste of time to be nice.
Grady tells the passengers to get to the back of the bus.
Grady complains to his boss about driving the Hall Street
Express.
If Ray had stopped Eula Mae from boarding the bus, what would she probably have done?
Forced her way onto the bus.
Found another way to the hospital.
Agreed to take her sick baby home.
Continued to haunt the bus drivers.
Which of these statements is true about Grady and Ray?
Grady was lazy, but Ray worked hard.
Grady was friendly, but Ray was timid.
Grady was uncaring, but Ray was kind.
Grady was understanding, but Ray was impatient.
Twenty-five years pass between two parts of the story. What happens during this time?
Attitudes about race begin to change.
Eula Mae becomes a tired, old woman.
People stop believing in ghosts and spirits.
The bus system changes its Hall Street route.
Use the past progressive.
Shawna ____________________ to enter a dance contest. (plan)
plan
planning
is planning
was planning
Use the past progressive.
Some of the other girls ___________________ fun of her. (make)
making
make
were make
were making
Use the past progressive.
Shawna ___________________ about dropping out of the contest. (think)
was thinking
thinking
thought
think
Use the past progressive.
I ___________________ her not to quit. (encourage)
encourage
encouraging
was encouraging
were encouraging
Use the past progressive.
Shawna listened to me and __________________ when she went onstage. (smile)
was smiling
were smiling
smiling
is smiling
Use the future tense.
One day I _____________________________ in a restaurant kitchen. (work)
will work
working
work
will working
Use the future tense.
We ___________________________ about safety in the kitchen. (learn)
will learning
learn
will learn
are learn
Use the future tense.
Learning about safety __________________________ us in an emergency. (help)
helping
is help
is going to help
is going helping
Use the future tense.
We ___________________________ what to do if someone gets hurt. (know)
are going to know
knowing
are going know
going to know
Use the future tense.
I ___________________________ careful when working in the kitchen. (be)
going to be
being
am going to be
am going
