Unit 2 Test Practice

When Scrooge goes home from work in Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, which actions show that he is uneasy? Choose three options.

• • He checks each of the rooms.

• • He trims his candle as he walks.

• • He looks under the sofa and table.

• • He eats only a bowl of gruel for his dinner.

• • He thinks he sees Marley’s face in the pictures.

Near the end of Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Scrooge sees himself as a child at school. What is revealed about his childhood in this scene?

• He was alone and lonely.

• He was terrified of ghosts.

• He cared only about money.

• He was his teacher’s favorite student.

Why does Marley visit Scrooge in his rooms in Act I of  A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley? Choose two options.

• • to ask Scrooge what has been happening at Scrooge and Marley’s

• • to see Scrooge again and have a nice chat about old times

• • to inform Scrooge that the Three Spirits will haunt him

• • to beg Scrooge to help save Marley from his doom

• to rescue Scrooge from sharing Marley’s own fate

In Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Scrooge’s nephew calls Scrooge “impossible” for behaving in a cold and unkind manner. Bob Cratchit replies, “Oh, mind him not, sir. He’s getting on in years, and he’s alone. He’s noticed your visit. I’ll wager your visit has warmed him.” What does this comment most likely suggest about Cratchit?

• He fears Scrooge and plans to find a new job.

• He understands Scrooge and feels sorry for him.

• He cares for the elderly Scrooge so he will inherit Scrooge’s firm.

• He defends Scrooge’s behavior, hoping that Scrooge will pay him more.

Read the following speech from Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley.

Marley. I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard
by yard. Is its pattern strange to you? Or would you know, you, Scrooge,
the weight and length of the strong coil you bear yourself? It was full as
heavy and long as this, seven Christmas Eves ago. You have labored on
it, since. It is a ponderous chain.
Which of the following best explains Marley’s meaning?

• He means that Scrooge always carries his money around on his person.

• He means that Scrooge’s obsession with profit has ruined his character.

• He means that Scrooge deserves to be in prison for illegal business practices.

• He means that Scrooge’s oppression of people who owe him money is an unfair burden.

Which statement most accurately summarizes what the audience learns about Scrooge after his four visions with the Ghost of Christmas Past?

• Scrooge was not a grumpy miser his entire life.

• Scrooge had a close relationship with his family.

• Even as a child, Scrooge had an obsession with money.

• From an early age, Scrooge isolated himself from others.

Which quotation from Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley best supports your answer to the previous question?

• Past. The schoolroom is not quite deserted. A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.

• Fan. [Father] spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home. . . .

• Young Scrooge. If ever I own a firm of my own, I shall treat my apprentices with the same dignity and the same grace.

• Man. There is nothing on which [the world] is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!

What is Scrooge’s first reaction when he sees Cratchit’s family in Act II of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley?

• He is touched to see Cratchit offering a toast to him.

• He thinks that Cratchit has too many children.

• He refuses to believe that the family is real.

• He is afraid that Tiny Tim will not live.

In Act II of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, what are the two women and the man selling to Old Joe?

• items that Scrooge gave them as charity

• items that Cratchit gave them after Scrooge died

• items that they stole from Scrooge’s rooms after he died

• items that they had once given to Scrooge to repay their debts to him

How do the Cratchits respond to the death of Tiny Tim in Act II of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley?

• They blame Scrooge because they could not afford to get a good doctor.

• They blame one another for not taking enough care of Tiny Tim.

• They are unable to function because of their grief over Tiny Tim.

• They do their best to comfort one another and move forward.