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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Scrooge feel about the Christmas Season?
(a) Enlightened.
(b) Excited.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Assaulted.

2. What is the first mysterious sound that Scrooge hears?
(a) Party music.
(b) Doorbell ringing.
(c) Raindrops falling.
(d) Dogs barking.

3. Who does Scrooge believe should be confined to prisons and workhouses?
(a) The poor.
(b) The elderly.
(c) The weak.
(d) The children.

4. What does Dickens say does not affect Scrooge?
(a) Money.
(b) Music.
(c) Weather.
(d) Light.

5. What does Scrooge claim is causing his images of Jacob Marley?
(a) Fever.
(b) Nightmares.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) Alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Scrooge's relationship to Jacob Marley?

2. What has Marley come to do to Scrooge?

3. At what time will the first two visitors come for Scrooge?

4. How does Scrooge respond to the invitation for a meal in Chapter 1?

5. Who was Marley similar to when he was alive?

(see the answer key)

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