A Christmas Carol

Why is it surprising that Marley visits Scrooge?

• He doesn't like Scrooge.

• He's been dead seven years.

• He wasn't supposed to be in town.

• He doesn't know Scrooge.

What was Marley's relationship to Scrooge?

• They are brothers.

• He is Scrooge's nephew.

• They were business partners.

• They didn't actually know each other.

Where do the chains that Marley wears come from?

• They were given to him by the Ghost of Christmas Past.

• They were a gift from Scrooge.

• They wrapped around him when he screamed.

• He made the chains with his greed during his lifetime.

How does Scrooge initially respond to his nephew's invitation to dinner?

• "Bah! Humbug."

• "They should go to prisons or workhouses."

• I'd rather see myself dead than see myself with your family.

• "I can't wait!"

At the beginning how does Scrooge respond to when asked to donate money to the poor?

• He donates money willingly.

• He says he pays his taxes and the poor can go to workhouses.

• He donates money and wishes them a merry Christmas.

• He said he donated last year.

What does Scrooge say about people who wish others a Merry Christmas?

• "[He]...should be boiled with his own pudding..."

• He calls them idiots.

• He calls them fools.

• all of these

How is Scrooge described at the beginning of the story?

• kind and pleasant to be around

• mean-spirited, hateful, grouchy, a miser

• the best friend anyone could ask for

How did Scrooge feel when The Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood?

• excited to see his old school friends

• angry because he wishes he could be a child again

• sad because he remembers spending Christmas alone at school

After remembering his time apprenticed at Fezziwig’s, who does Scrooge wish he could speak to?

• Bob Cratchit because he feels guilty about how he treated him

• Tiny Tim to ask him to be his apprentice

• Old Fezziwig to tell him how he wasted money at Christmas.

Why did Scrooge never marry?

• He never met anyone who would love him.

• He did marry and lived happily ever after.

• He loved money more than Belle.