CHRISTMAS CAROL STAVE 1

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

• Fred

• Bob Marley

• Scrooge

• The Charity Collector

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who visited scrooge at his home on christmas eve?

• His clerk

• His nephew

• His prior crush

• his old business partner

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why did Marley visit Scrooge?

• to negotiate with him

• To have a friendly catch-up

• to warn him

• To condemn him 

Why did the portly gentlemen visit Scrooge?

• To celebrate Christmas

• To invite him for dinner 

• to remind him to close the office

• to ask for donation

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

"Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?“

The trait that is implied from the character above is...

• arrogant and propheting

• wise and humble

• cold-hearted and tight-fisted

• hard-working and generous

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which characters is seen as the antithesis of Scrooge in Stave 1?

• Fred 

• Bob Cratchit

• Ebenezer Scrooge

• Bob Marley

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A period of great contrasts of which Dickens was very critical. The rich live an enormously luxurious life and are able to take advantage of the latest inventions, such as gas lighting and railroads. Meanwhile, the majority of the population is much poorer. The poor live on the edge of starvation and are largely ignored by the wealthy and the powerful.

The paragraph above depicts the ............... of the novel.

• themes

• tone and mood

• setting

• precis

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Here are the characters that are introduced in the first tave, except..

• Bob Marley

• Ebenezer Scrooge

• Bob Cratchit

• The spirit of the Past

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole friend, and his sole mourner.

What type of figurative language spotted in the sentence above?

• repetition

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

These are the themes contained in stave 1, .... except:

• Pathetic Fallacy

• social injustice

• harmony

• Loneliness

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9