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

2. What meal is Scrooge invited to in Chapter 1?

3. What has Marley come to do to Scrooge?

4. How do the spirit and Scrooge exit his bedroom?

5. Where does Scrooge see the face of Jacob Marley?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Scrooge's workplace so cold?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens in the scene with Fan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

With the second visitor, Scrooge was taken to see the ways that people in his community celebrate Christmas.

Part 1.) Describe one scene that Scrooge witnessed on Christmas Day.

Part 2.) Describe Scrooge's reaction to this scene. Was there anything interesting / unexpected in his response?

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

Essay Topic 3

By the end of the novel, Scrooge has made many changes in character.

Part 1.) Describe the man that Scrooge is at the beginning of the novel.

Part 2.) Describe the man that Scrooge is at the end of the novel.

Part 3.) Describe the way that you own opinion of Scrooge as a character progressed as you read the novel.

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