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

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

3. What does Scrooge ask the first spirit to do for him?
(a) To leave him with the memories.
(b) To never return.
(c) To take him back home.
(d) To send a message to Belle.

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

5. As children, how did Fan and Scrooge travel from the school back home?
(a) On foot.
(b) On horseback.
(c) In an automobile.
(d) In a carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marley tell Scrooge these visitors will hold for him?

2. What has Marley come to do to Scrooge?

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

4. What is Marley's spirit forced to do?

5. At what time will the last visitor come for Scrooge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Fred, and what happens when he comes to visit Scrooge?

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

3. What unusual thing does Scrooge see on the front door to his home?

4. What does Scrooge see in the scene involving his old boss?

5. How did Belle's life turn out after her time with Scrooge?

6. How does the first spirit take Scrooge back in time?

7. What does Scrooge think when he awakens at midnight?

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

9. What does Jacob Marley inform Scrooge will happen over the course of the next few nights?

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

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