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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. Fill in the blank: What message does the Cratchit family embrace? That even in _______ there is hope.
(a) Death.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Poverty.

2. What does Scrooge see in all the Christmases that he visited with the Spirit?
(a) Anger at Scrooge's selfishness.
(b) The fact that, like Scrooge, many people don't celebrate Christmas.
(c) Happiness and love.
(d) Misery at the state of the world.

3. How does Scrooge feel toward the third Spirit?
(a) He is tired of having so many visitors.
(b) He believes he can trick the Spirit into leaving him alone.
(c) He is anxious to get back home.
(d) He is eager to learn the Spirit's lesson.

4. Which of the following best describes the death of the man in town?
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Painful.
(c) Quick.
(d) Lonely.

5. How does Bob Cratchit carry around Tiny Tim?
(a) In his arms.
(b) On his shoulders.
(c) In his hands.
(d) On his back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Scrooge and the third Spirit overhear the first conversation about death?

2. Which of the following does NOT describe the third Spirit?

3. What type of Christmas does Scrooge overhear Fred wishing him?

4. Which of the following best describes the laundress that Scrooge sees in town?

5. When Scrooge is returned to his bedroom, what does he wake up clutching?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scrooge witness at the pawnshop?

2. What does the Spirit inform Scrooge is the fate of Tiny Tim?

3. What is the state of Tiny Tim?

4. What clings to the robe of the second spirit?

5. What does Scrooge see when he enters the cemetery?

6. What has changed about the Cratchit family when Scrooge is taken to revisit them?

7. What happens when Scrooge awakens thinking he will soon see the second visitor?

8. How does Scrooge react to the music and the games of Fred's Christmas party?

9. What are the businessmen in the stock exchange discussing?

10. What question did Scrooge have for the third Spirit when they were standing in the cemetery?

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