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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. In whose name is the Christmas toast given?

2. Who gives the Christmas toast in the Cratchit home?

3. How does Scrooge feel about the party that Fred is holding on Christmas?

4. Before his second visitor, how does Scrooge wake himself?

5. In the cemetery, what part of the Spirit shrinks and collapses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has changed about the Cratchit family when Scrooge is taken to revisit them?

2. What does Scrooge see when he enters the cemetery?

3. What response did the community give to the Cratchit family following the death of Tiny Tim?

4. What is the state of Tiny Tim?

5. What question did Scrooge have for the third Spirit when they were standing in the cemetery?

6. What toast does Bob Cratchit give to Scrooge, and how does his family respond?

7. What is Fred's opinion of his uncle Scrooge?

8. What does the Spirit inform Scrooge is the fate of Tiny Tim?

9. What are the businessmen in the stock exchange discussing?

10. What clings to the robe of the second spirit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Is this novel a comedy, or a tragedy? How does humor work throughout the novel? How does emotion? Which of the two seems to be a stronger force throughout the novel? Finally, do you think that the tone of the novel worked for the themes? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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