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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Scrooge witnesses the various scenes of his childhood, what seems to be slipping away from him as he grows older?
(a) His ability to love.
(b) His greed over money.
(c) His hopes for the future.
(d) His formal education.

2. What holiday is being celebrated when the story opens?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Halloween.

3. How is the man for whom Scrooge apprenticed described?
(a) As intelligent.
(b) As stupid.
(c) As generous.
(d) As miserly.

4. What has Marley come to do to Scrooge?
(a) Change him.
(b) Scare him.
(c) Warn him.
(d) Kill him.

5. What is Marley's spirit forced to do?
(a) Die.
(b) Haunt.
(c) Wander.
(d) Cross-over.

Short Answer Questions

1. To pass time while he was alone during the holiday season, what does Scrooge imagine that he has?

2. What is the first mysterious sound that Scrooge hears?

3. What does Scrooge eat a bowl of in front of the fire before he receives his first visitor?

4. How does Scrooge feel about the way that people see him?

5. Through what does the first visitor travel with Scrooge?

(see the answer key)

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