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

2. When Scrooge sees Belle again, what is she breaking?
(a) Her leg.
(b) Her porcelain dinnerware.
(c) A collection of expensive glasses.
(d) Their engagement.

3. What does Scrooge claim is causing his images of Jacob Marley?
(a) Nightmares.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Fever.
(d) Food poisoning.

4. When Scrooge awakens, why does he vow to stay awake until one o'clock?
(a) To disprove that spirits exist.
(b) To ward off his terrible nightmares.
(c) To return to a normal sleep schedule.
(d) To ensure that the clock is working properly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary character does Scrooge imagine that he is friends with as a young boy?

2. What does Belle claim has corrupted Scrooge?

3. What word best describes the weather on the day Scrooge is introduced?

4. After Jacob Marley leaves him, what time does Scrooge wake from sleep?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Scrooge's workplace so cold?

2. What does Belle notice that has changed about Scrooge, and how does she react?

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

4. Who is Belle?

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

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

7. When Scrooge realizes that it is midnight and not noon, why does he vow to stay awake?

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

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

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

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