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

2. Where does Scrooge see the face of Jacob Marley?
(a) In the window.
(b) In his knocker.
(c) Floating in the air.
(d) On the clockface.

3. How is it signaled to Scrooge that there is a visitor in his room?
(a) The windows fly open.
(b) The hands of his clock spin backward.
(c) His bed begins to shake.
(d) The bed curtains are parted.

4. How do the spirit and Scrooge exit his bedroom?
(a) Through the wall.
(b) Through the window.
(c) Through the door.
(d) Through the chimney.

5. What is the state of Jacob Marley at the beginning of the book?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He is alive.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is missing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Scrooge respond to seeing the countryside?

2. What is Scrooge's relationship to Jacob Marley?

3. What does Dickens say does not affect Scrooge?

4. What is significant about the countryside that Scrooge and the spirit visit?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens in the scene with Fan?

5. What happened to Scrooge immediately after Marley left?

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

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

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

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

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

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