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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes the weather on the day Scrooge is introduced?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Windy.
(c) Foggy.
(d) Sunny.

2. Who stops by to invite Scrooge to a meal?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His brother.
(c) His son.
(d) His nephew.

3. How is the aura of Scrooge's first visitor described?
(a) As an aura of wisdom.
(b) As an aura of death.
(c) As an aura of love.
(d) As an aura of deceit.

4. What does the first guest say that he is?
(a) The Ghost of Christmas Spirit.
(b) The Ghost of Christmas Past.
(c) The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
(d) The Ghost of Christmas Present.

5. What does Scrooge eat a bowl of in front of the fire before he receives his first visitor?
(a) Pudding.
(b) Soup.
(c) Gruel.
(d) Curds.

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

7. Who was Marley similar to when he was alive?
(a) Fred.
(b) Scrooge.
(c) Tiny Tim.
(d) Bob Cratchett.

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

9. How is Scrooge described during his time with the first spirit?
(a) Tormented.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Enraged.
(d) Triumphant.

10. What is the name of the merchant under whom Scrooge apprenticed?
(a) Fozziwog.
(b) Fezziweg.
(c) Fazziware.
(d) Fuzziwud.

11. What does the spirit regretfully tell Scrooge about Fan?
(a) That she has remarried.
(b) That she has grown miserly.
(c) That she has died.
(d) That she has forgotten Scrooge.

12. At what time will the last visitor come for Scrooge?
(a) At one o'clock.
(b) At six o'clock.
(c) At noon.
(d) At midnight

13. What is significant about the countryside that Scrooge and the spirit visit?
(a) It is the countryside of Scrooge's youth.
(b) It is the countryside where Scrooge will spend the rest of his life.
(c) It is the countryside where Bob Cratchit and his family live.
(d) It is the countryside where Scrooge's father died.

14. What is flowing from the head of the first guest that he covers by wearing a cap?
(a) Blood.
(b) Hair.
(c) Music.
(d) Light.

15. What must Marley carry around with his spirit?
(a) Books.
(b) Weights.
(c) Chains.
(d) Sorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the state of Jacob Marley at the beginning of the book?

2. How does Scrooge respond to seeing the countryside?

3. When Fan comes running into the room for Scrooge, what does she tell him?

4. What instrument sounds before Jacob Marley appears?

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

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