A Christmas Carol Test Review

The main purpose of the first four paragraphs of Stave 1 is to make sure that we understand that...

• it was a very cold Christmas.

• Marley was absolutely, positively dead.

• Scrooge was a good businessman.

• Scrooge was cheap and stingy.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Bob Cratchit is ready to leave work because...

• He is ready to eat dinner.

• It is Christmas Eve.

• He does not like Scrooge.

• He fears he will be asked to work late.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Scrooge's nephew feel about Christmas?

• “Don’t be cross, Uncle.”
• [Christmas is] a good time… when men and women seem to open their shut-up hearts freely.”
• “Don’t be angry, Uncle. Come! Dine with us tomorrow.”
• “I ask nothing of you; why cannot we be friends?”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

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

• Cratchit does not work very hard.

• It is expected to be a busy day.

• Scrooge does not take off days.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Scrooge, when approached by the two men seeking charity for the poor, acted...

• lonely

• cruel

• kind

• loud

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

How did Marley get the chain that he wears?

• It was given to him by the Ghost of Christmas Past.
• It wrapped itself around him when he first screamed.
• He created it to present to Scrooge as a gift.
• He made it with his own greed during his lifetime.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Scrooge does not believe that the vision he sees is really Marley. How does he explain the vision?

• He says that he is seeing not Marley but a picture on the wall.

• He says that someone is trying to frighten him or fool him.

• He says that an undigested bit of food (bad food; food poisoning) has affected his senses.

• He says that someone who is dead could not appear before him.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is revealed about Scrooge’s childhood when he is returned to his schoolhouse with the Ghost of Christmas Past?

• He was very lonely and sad.

• He was his father’s favorite.

• He cared only about money.

• He was afraid of ghosts.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When Scrooge is reminded of his sister coming to take him home at last, how is he affected?

• He is angry at his father for sending his sister.

• He wants to stay at school.

• He remembers that he still has a connection to his sister through his nephew.

• He thinks it is a cruel trick.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why is Scrooge's fiance ending their engagement?

• He has replaced love with his desire for money.
• She thinks they are too young to marry.
• She believes he loves another woman.
• He calls her a mindless loon.
  

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3