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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 does the Cratchit family believe about the death of their family member?
(a) That it will tear them apart.
(b) That it is the fault of Ebenezer Scrooge.
(c) That it will bring them closer together.
(d) That it is a Christmas gift.

2. What is the Spirit's response to the question of whether these are the things that will surely come to pass?
(a) No, these things will not come to pass.
(b) These things may come to pass if things are not changed.
(c) The Spirit gives no answer.
(d) Yes, they will pass certainly.

3. What feeling floods Scrooge when he meets the third Spirit?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hope.
(d) Love.

4. What has changed about the Cratchit family during the visit with the third Spirit?
(a) They are no longer poor.
(b) They no longer believe in Christmas.
(c) Bob no longer works for Ebenezer Scrooge.
(d) They are no longer happy.

5. Who does Scrooge decide that he would like to catch a glimpse of now that he has recognized that he is seeing the future?
(a) Jacob Marley.
(b) Himself.
(c) Tiny Tim.
(d) Bob Cratchit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says the line "Let me see some tenderness connected with a death" ?

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

3. Which of the following does NOT describe the Scrooge's second visitor?

4. What does Scrooge see in all the Christmases that he visited with the Spirit?

5. When the Spirit takes Scrooge to see the Cratchits, which character has died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What response did the community give to the Cratchit family following the death of Tiny Tim?

4. What other Christmases does the second Spirit take Scrooge to witness?

5. What is the Spirit's response to Scrooge's question regarding help for the two children?

6. How do the party-goers respond to Fred's opinion of his uncle?

7. What toast does Bob Cratchit give to Scrooge, and how does his family respond?

8. How does Scrooge react to the arrival of the third Spirit?

9. What is Scrooge's response to the things that he sees in the cemetery?

10. What is the state of Tiny Tim?

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