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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is it signaled to Scrooge that there is a visitor in his room?

3. What type of visitors does Marley tell Scrooge to expect?

4. How much money does Scrooge give to the collection?

5. How does Scrooge feel about the way that people see him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the conversation that transpires between Bob Cratchit and Scrooge about time off from work?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happened to Scrooge immediately after Marley left?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Charles Dickens spends much effort in setting the mood of the story through his descriptions of the place and weather. Compare / contrast the mood at the beginning of the novel with the mood at the end of the novel. What descriptions have changed? How does the mood of the novel reflect the mood of Ebenezer Scrooge?

Essay Topic 2

Compare / contrast the two times that Tiny Tim said the words "God bless us, every one." What does this quote mean? What were the two different contexts in which he stated this? Which time of use was more powerful to you as a reader?

Essay Topic 3

There were three spirits that came to visit Scrooge. Describe the third spirit and what he symbolized. What did he take Scrooge to see? How did his visit affect the change in Scrooge's character?

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