A Christmas Carol: Stave 2

What time did the first spirit arrive?

• 11:00pm

• 12:00am

• 1:00am

• 2:00am

In the first scene from the past, why is Ebenezer Scrooge all alone?

• because everyone else left to go home for the Christmas holidays

• because everyone is playing tag and he does not want to join in

• because he is an orphan and doesn't have a home yet

• because he got into a fight with his father who left him there

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What good news does Fan bring to Ebenezer?

• He is no longer an orphan, and can go home with her.

• She will teach him to play tag so he can make new friends.

• Father is kinder now, so he can go home with her.

• Father is still angry about the fight, but he can come home for New Year's Day.

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Which line BEST shows that the rising action is still taking place in Stave 2, and Scrooge is beginning to realize his mistake?

• "There's a parrot!" cried Scrooge.

• "There was a boy singing a Christmas carol at my door last night. I should have given him something, that's all."

• It opened; and a little girl, much younger than the boy, came darting in and putting her arms around his neck..."

• "I have come to bring you home dear brother!" said the child, clapping her tiny hands and bending down to laugh."

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Scrooge works as an "apprentice" for Mr. Fezziwig. What is an apprentice?

• Someone who works with money; a bank position

• Someone who works for low wages to learn a trade

• Someone who stays after work to set up for activities

• Someone who has to sleep at their place of business

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What is the spirit referring to when he says, "He has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps?"

• The tuition Scrooge's father paid for his schooling.

• The amount of money Scrooge has in the bank.

• The party that Fezziwig put on for his employees.

• The amount that Scrooge paid for Belle's engagement ring.

Why does Scrooge have a thought about his own clerk after seeing Fezziwig?

• He remembers how nice it was to work for someone so kind, and realized he was pretty awful to his own clerk.

• He wishes that Fezziwig wouldn't have spent so much money on such a frivolous party.

• He realizes that money is best spent at Christmas time alone.

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Why did Scrooge get so sad & upset when he saw the vision of Belle with her husband and family?

• because children screaming gets on his nerves

• because Belle promised that she would never marry another

• because he realized this could have been his family, but he gave her up

• because he was tired of seeing visions and just wanted to go to bed

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What does Belle BEST symbolize?

• a lost opportunity

• a true friend

• an intelligent person

• a humorous day

Read this quote from A Christmas Carol. "The sound resounded like thunder."

What figurative language is being used here?

• onomatopeia

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

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