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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 type of visitors does Marley tell Scrooge to expect?

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

3. What is the state of Jacob Marley at the beginning of the book?

4. After Scrooge is touched by the spirit, what ability does he have?

5. How does Scrooge respond to the invitation for a meal in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Scrooge immediately after Marley left?

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

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

5. What does Jacob Marley inform Scrooge will happen over the course of the next few nights?

6. What does Belle notice that has changed about Scrooge, and how does she react?

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

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

9. Who is Belle?

10. What does Scrooge overhear Belle and her husband discussing, and how does he react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

With the first visitor, Scrooge is forced to relive the memories of his childhood.

Part 1.) Describe one of the memories that Scrooge relived.

Part 2.) Explain the significance of that event in shaping that man that Scrooge became.

Part 3.) Describe how you believe reliving this event prompted the change in Scrooge's character at the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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