A Christmas Carol Test

Charles Dickens got his ideas to write A Christmas Carol from

• his own childhood experience
• a friend he had named Fezziwig
• an earlier book he wrote called Great Expectations
• the lyrics in a Christmas song

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was going on in England when Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol?

• the industrial revolution
• the majority of the population had stopped celebrating Christmas
• one third of the population lived in poverty
• The Rich Law of 1834 was passed

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is not a difference between a play and a story? 

• a play has acts and a story has chapters
• a play has stage directions and a story has descriptions of setting
• a play has many characters and a story has only a few
• a play has dialogue in lines next to characters' names and a story uses quotation marks

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

Scrooge turns down Fred's invitation to Christmas dinner because he

• doesn't feel well
• prefers not to celebrate Christmas
• doesn't like Fred's wife
• plans to do something with the Cratchits instead

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The Gentleman Visitor who comes to Scrooge's office wants Scrooge to

• remember his childhood
• go into business with him
• close his office for Christmas
• help the poor by donating money

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who is Marley

• Scrooge's nephew
• Scrooge's servant
• Tiny Tim's father
• Scrooge's dead work partner

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What do we know about Scrooge's childhood?

• he was lonely
• he wasn't a very good reader
• he attended a very small school
• he had a bad relationship with his sister

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Young Ebenezer did not marry his sweetheart because 

• she was not in love with him
• she was poor
• she lied to him
• she was too young

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the Spirit of Christmas Past represent?

• Scrooge's lucky nature
• Scrooge's mistakes
• Scrooge's fun loving nature
• Scrooge's intelligence

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does the Spirit of Christmas Present look like Fezziwig?

• because Fezziwig has died and is now a ghost
• to point out that Fezziwig was kind to his employees but Scrooge is not
• to show that Fezziwig was very similar to Scrooge
• because Fezziwig was very handsome

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3