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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Cratchit preparing for their Christmas meal?
(a) Goose.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Pheasant.
(d) Dove.

2. What does the Spirit ask Scrooge to touch in order to be transported?
(a) His hand.
(b) His heart.
(c) His robe.
(d) His hair.

3. When Scrooge first sees the third Spirit, what does he do involuntarily?
(a) Applaud.
(b) Sing.
(c) Kneel.
(d) Weep.

4. What type of Christmas does Scrooge overhear Fred wishing him?
(a) A happy one.
(b) A lonely one.
(c) A life-changing one.
(d) A miserable one.

5. What is the Spirit's response to the question of whether these are the things that will surely come to pass?
(a) The Spirit gives no answer.
(b) Yes, they will pass certainly.
(c) No, these things will not come to pass.
(d) These things may come to pass if things are not changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says the line "Let me see some tenderness connected with a death" ?

2. At what time does the Spirit leave Scrooge?

3. What does Scrooge notice is changing about the Spirit as they make their way through the Christmas celebrations?

4. What did the businessmen wonder about the dead man's funeral?

5. What has the laundress stolen from the dead body, which Scrooge finds most shocking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the businessmen in the stock exchange discussing?

2. What is Scrooge's response to the things that he sees in the cemetery?

3. What does Scrooge see when he enters the cemetery?

4. What has changed about the Cratchit family when Scrooge is taken to revisit them?

5. What clings to the robe of the second spirit?

6. What other Christmases does the second Spirit take Scrooge to witness?

7. What does Scrooge see approaching him as the second Spirit leaves him and how does he react?

8. What happens when Scrooge awakens thinking he will soon see the second visitor?

9. What is significant about the appearance of the second spirit?

10. What toast does Bob Cratchit give to Scrooge, and how does his family respond?

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