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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 does Belle's husband describe Scrooge?
(a) As "a man to be feared."
(b) As "terribly successful."
(c) As "unrecognizable to love."
(d) As "quite alone in the world."

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

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

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

5. What does Dickens say does not affect Scrooge?
(a) Music.
(b) Money.
(c) Weather.
(d) Light.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Through what does the first visitor travel with Scrooge?

3. How many visitors does Marley say will come to Scrooge in the night?

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

5. What does Marley say about his own spirit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Scrooge's workplace so cold?

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

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

5. What does Scrooge see in the first scene from his childhood?

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

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

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

9. What does Marley beckon Scrooge to see outside his bedroom window and how does Scrooge react?

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

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