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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is significant about the countryside that Scrooge and the spirit visit?
(a) It is the countryside where Scrooge's father died.
(b) It is the countryside where Bob Cratchit and his family live.
(c) It is the countryside where Scrooge will spend the rest of his life.
(d) It is the countryside of Scrooge's youth.
2. What is the state of Jacob Marley at the beginning of the book?
(a) He is missing.
(b) He is alive.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He is dead.
3. Who does Scrooge believe should be confined to prisons and workhouses?
(a) The children.
(b) The poor.
(c) The elderly.
(d) The weak.
4. What does Belle claim has corrupted Scrooge?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Anger.
(c) Lust.
(d) Greed.
5. How is it signaled to Scrooge that there is a visitor in his room?
(a) The bed curtains are parted.
(b) His bed begins to shake.
(c) The windows fly open.
(d) The hands of his clock spin backward.
6. When Scrooge awakens, why does he vow to stay awake until one o'clock?
(a) To return to a normal sleep schedule.
(b) To ward off his terrible nightmares.
(c) To ensure that the clock is working properly.
(d) To disprove that spirits exist.
7. Why is the time that Scrooge wakes up significant?
(a) He has traveled back in time.
(b) He has moved forward in time.
(c) Time no longer exists.
(d) His time is standing still.
8. What literary character does Scrooge imagine that he is friends with as a young boy?
(a) Alladin.
(b) Huckleberry Finn.
(c) Robinson Crusoe.
(d) The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
9. What meal is Scrooge invited to in Chapter 1?
(a) Tea.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Dinner.
10. What is Marley's spirit forced to do?
(a) Haunt.
(b) Cross-over.
(c) Wander.
(d) Die.
11. When Fan comes running into the room for Scrooge, what does she tell him?
(a) That she has come to take him home.
(b) That she is going on a very long trip, but will return for him.
(c) That she is dying.
(d) That she never wants to see him again.
12. How does Scrooge feel about the way that people see him?
(a) He hates it.
(b) He likes it.
(c) He is apathetic.
(d) He is concerned.
13. What type of party is Scrooge's old boss hosting for Christmas?
(a) He is not holding a party.
(b) A feast.
(c) A dance.
(d) A masquerade.
14. What must Marley carry around with his spirit?
(a) Books.
(b) Weights.
(c) Chains.
(d) Sorrow.
15. As children, how did Fan and Scrooge travel from the school back home?
(a) On foot.
(b) In a carriage.
(c) On horseback.
(d) In an automobile.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Belle's husband describe Scrooge?
2. What is used to heat Scrooge's warehouse?
3. What instrument sounds before Jacob Marley appears?
4. What has Marley come to do to Scrooge?
5. Who does Fan tell Scrooge is "much kinder now"?
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