A Christmas Carol Staves 1 & 2 Quiz

Who wrote A Christmas Carol?

• SE Hinton

• Kurt Vonnegut

• Charles Chaplin

• Hugo Higgens

• Charles Dickens

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What is the setting of A Christmas Carol?

• London, England, 1840's
• London, New Jersey, 1790's
• Paris, France, 1970's
• Austin, Texas, present

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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

What is the first thing you need to know in A Christmas Carol?

• Scrooge is mean
• Marley and Scrooge were friends
• Marley is dead
• Scrooge has a nephew

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who is described as "a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone"?

• Bob Cratchit (the clerk)
• Fred (Scrooge's nephew)
• Jacob Marley
• Ebenezer Scrooge

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does Scrooge have a problem with people enjoying Christmas?

• He thinks that poor people deserve to be unhappy
• He only cares about making money and Christmas interrupts business.
• He only pretends to dislike Christmas
• He is reminded of his sweetheart on Christmas

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who was Scrooge rude to in Stave 1?

• His nephew

• His clerk

• The portly gentlemen collecting for charity

• All of the above

What does the ghost of Christmas past look like?

• Scrooge's long dead great uncle
• a beautiful woman
• an old man and a  young boy at the same time
• a dark angel with black robes and silver wings

What words would be used to describe Scrooge as a child?

• happy and mischievous 
• a ladies man
• bright and excited
• lonely and solitary

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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 does Scrooge feel about seeing his past?

• He isn't really interested
• He is excited, but then becomes very sad
• He doesn't remember any of it
• He is bored and unhappy

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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 did Scrooge so admire his former employer, Fezeiwick?

• because he was a staunch, logical businessman
• because he Scrooge a personal loan to start his business
• because he gave a Christmas bonus only to productive employees
• becasue he threw a ball for his employees with food and dancing

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3