View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tim's attitude to being ill?

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

3. What does the spirit tell Scrooge will happen to Tim?

4. When the Spirit takes Scrooge to see the Cratchits, which character has died?

5. What is the name on the tombstone that Scrooge finds himself at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Scrooge awakens thinking he will soon see the second visitor?

2. What is Scrooge's response to the things that he sees in the cemetery?

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

4. How does Scrooge react to the music and the games of Fred's Christmas party?

5. What does Scrooge see when he visits the family eating dinner at the table?

6. How does Scrooge react to the arrival of the third Spirit?

7. What is the Spirit's response to Scrooge's question regarding help for the two children?

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

9. What is the state of Tiny Tim?

10. What other Christmases does the second Spirit take Scrooge to witness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

The symbolism of the chains that Jacob Marley is forced to carry around with him is particularly significant. Describe the physical description of the chains, and explain why the items that Jacob Marley must carry with him are significant to his life. Finally, explain why these items were used as a warning to Ebenezer Scrooge.

Essay Topic 3

Compare / contrast the two times that Tiny Tim said the words "God bless us, every one." What does this quote mean? What were the two different contexts in which he stated this? Which time of use was more powerful to you as a reader?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 724 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample