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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. How is the aura of Scrooge's first visitor described?

2. As children, how did Fan and Scrooge travel from the school back home?

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

4. What is the first mysterious sound that Scrooge hears?

5. What does Belle claim has corrupted Scrooge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Belle's life turn out after her time with Scrooge?

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

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

4. What happened to Scrooge immediately after Marley left?

5. Why is Scrooge's workplace so cold?

6. Who is Belle?

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

8. What unusual thing does Scrooge see on the front door to his home?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wealth seems to be a very important element in this novel.

Part 1.) Compare / contrast the characters who have money in the novel with those who do not. Which are seen in a more positive light? What does this tell you about the way that Dickens views money?

Part 2.) Compare / contrast the way that Scrooge views money at the beginning of the novel with the way that he views money at the end of the novel. What does this tell you about the way that Dickens views money?

Part 3.) Compare / contrast the two different ways that Dickens seems to be presenting his theme of wealth. When you reached the end of the novel, what do you think Dickens' overarching message about money to his reader is?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Take some time to compare / contrast the three main spirits that come to visit Scrooge. What is the same about them? What is different? Why do you think it was important that Scrooge meet all three of them, rather than just one?

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