ELPAC Reading/Writing Practice Quiz: "A Christmas Carol"

What does the Spirit of Christmas Present (The "Second Spirit") mean when he says that Bob Cratchit lives "a world away" from Scrooge?

• Bob Cratchit lives many miles away from Scrooge's mansion

• Scrooge lives like a millionaire, which is a completely different lifestyle from Bob Cratchit's

• Bob Cratchit is a decent person, while Scrooge is evil

• Scrooge lives in a different country, far away from Bob Cratchit's house.

Read this passage. What does Bob Cratchit mean when he says to his wife that Scrooge is the "founder of the feast" and that they should drink a toast to his health?

• Scrooge is a miserable old man, and they should feel sorry for him

• Scrooge cooked the dinner

• Bob Cratchit is grateful to Mr. Scrooge for giving him a job, and without a job, he couldn't afford to buy Christmas dinner

• Scrooge literally found the food and gave it to the Cratchit family

Read this passage. Scrooge is gradually feeling sorry for Tiny Tim. Why does the Ghost of Christmas Present mention that Tiny Tim should get a job in a workhouse, or go to prison if he's poor?

• He agrees with Scrooge that prison is the only appropriate place for the poor

• He thinks Tiny Tim is a loser and deserves to be sick or pass away

• He thinks Tiny Tim will get better if he gets a job or serves some time in prison

• He wants to remind Scrooge of his own, cruel words he used against the poor before

After revisiting his own, sad childhood with the Ghost of Christmas Past, Scrooge feels melancholy about the old days.

• sad, but in an ironically happy way

• rage

• depression

• ridiculous

Mr. and Mrs. Cratchit are very sedulous when it comes to earning money to support their family.

• lazy

• hard-working

• weird

• dismissive

Despite the fact that Scrooge always mistreats him, Cratchit's fidelity to Scrooge is never in doubt.

• fear

• anger

• hatred

• loyalty

Tiny Tim suffers from a debilitating disease.

• cute; adorable

• destructive; harmful

• smelly; strange

• annoying; hateful

Scrooge's neighborhood is surrounded by young, street vagabonds who are always singing Christmas carols.

• people who don't have a regular home, but travel place to place

• thieves and criminals

• students and factory workers

• people who have terrible diseases

The fact that Jacob Marley wants to save Scrooge's soul is very altruistic.

• creepy; weird

• mean; cruel

• generous; kind

• selfish; greedy

Mr. Lu says that there's no final in ELD, so these practice ELPAC tests are important for our grades.

• False; that's just more ridiculous claims from silly old Mr. Lu

• True; although our scores on these tests don't count, our participation in them does

• This is a trick question; there actually is a final in ELD