A Christmas Carol

Front

Identify the character: The miserly owner of a London counting-house, a nineteenth century term for an accountant's office. The three spirits of Christmas visit the stodgy bean-counter in hopes of reversing his greedy, cold-hearted approach to life.

Back

Ebenezer Scrooge

Front

Identify the character: Bob Cratchit's young son, crippled from birth. He is a highly sentimentalized character who Dickens uses to highlight the tribulations of England's poor and to elicit sympathy from his middle and upper class readership.

Back

Tiny Tim

Front

What is the setting of A Christmas Carol?

Back

London, England, 1840's

Front

The Ghost of Christmas __________________ shows Scrooge that Bob Cratchit lives in poor conditions and barely has a Christmas dinner for his family.

Back

Present

Front

Seeing the future showed Scrooge that ___________.

Back

Being generous is more important than being wealthy.

Front

Who is the author of "A Christmas Carol"?

Back

Charles Dickens

Front

"Bah, humbug!" Who said this?

Back

Scrooge

Front

Who is Scrooge's nephew?

Back

Fred

Front

What is Scrooge's typical response to "Merry Christmas"?

Back

"Bah! Humbug!"

Front

Scrooge doesn't want to give Cratchit Christmas day off because...

Back

Scrooge must pay him for the day even though he is not working.