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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 type of visitors does Marley tell Scrooge to expect?
(a) Animals.
(b) Spirits.
(c) Children.
(d) Family.

2. What is Scrooge's first name?
(a) Ebrahim.
(b) Eberto.
(c) Ebenezer.
(d) Eberhardt.

3. What does Scrooge seize from the first spirit?
(a) His hand.
(b) His heart.
(c) His hat.
(d) His head.

4. What instrument sounds before Jacob Marley appears?
(a) Drums.
(b) Guitars.
(c) Violins.
(d) Bells.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Scrooge is touched by the spirit, what ability does he have?

3. What must Scrooge do in order to be taken back to his home?

4. What has Marley come to do to Scrooge?

5. What does the figure of Scrooge's first guest resemble?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other unusual sights and sounds plague Scrooge as he enters his home?

2. What happens in the scene with Fan?

3. What does Scrooge overhear Belle and her husband discussing, and how does he react?

4. Who is Jacob Marley, and what does the reader learn about him right away?

5. What does the Ghost of Christmas Past look like?

6. What is the appearance of Jacob Marley when he visits Scrooge in his bedroom?

7. Who are the two men that come to Scrooge's door, and what do they ask of him?

8. How does Scrooge react to the scenes from his childhood in the countryside?

9. What happened to Scrooge immediately after Marley left?

10. How is London described in the opening of the novel?

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