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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 meal is Scrooge invited to in Chapter 1?

2. How does Scrooge respond to seeing the countryside?

3. During what holiday season was Scrooge left alone as a young boy?

4. What does Belle claim has corrupted Scrooge?

5. How is Scrooge described during his time with the first spirit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who are the two men that come to Scrooge's door, and what do they ask of him?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In the opening chapter, the reader is introduces to Bob Cratchit and his relationship with Ebenezer Scrooge.

Part 1.) Compare/contrast the two men as they are presented in the beginning of the novel

Part 2.) Explain the working relationship between the two men.

Part 3.) Briefly theorize why Bob Cratchit chose to continue working in this environment.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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