A Christmas Carol - Stave One Quiz

What is the primary focus of Stave One, "Marley's Ghost"?

• Scrooge's business ventures
  

• Marley's funeral arrangements

• Scrooge's encounters with spirits

• Christmas Eve celebrations

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is Scrooge's attitude towards Christmas?

• He loves it and looks forward to it every year.

• He despises it and considers it a waste of time.

• He is indifferent and doesn't care about it.

• He celebrates it joyfully with his family.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What relation did Scrooge have with Marley?

• Father and Son

• Brothers

• Distant Relatives

• Business Partners

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

How does the narrator describe Scrooge's character in the text?

• Jovial and carefree

• Tight-fisted and miserly

• Generous and warm-hearted
  

• Sad and in Mourning

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What does Scrooge say about those who wish him "Merry Christmas"?

• He appreciates their good wishes.

• He considers them foolish and wants them punished.

• He responds with equal enthusiasm.

• He ignores them.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What proposal do the portly gentlemen bring to Scrooge?

• Business partnership

• Charity for the poor

• Investment opportunity

• Travel package

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

How does Scrooge react to the proposal for charity?

• He donates generously.

• He agrees to consider it.

• He refuses and dismisses the idea.

• He asks for more information.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who warns Scrooge about the impending visits of three spirits?

• Marley's ghost

• Fred

• The portly gentlemen

• The narrator

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

What is the meaning of the word "covetous" when describing Scrooge? The text states, "Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone was Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!"

• Greedy

• Creative

• Mean

• Generous

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of "waggish" in the following text from Narrator 2? "Scrooge was not much in the habit of cracking jokes, nor did he feel in his heart by any means waggish then."

• Serious

• ill/feeling sick

• wiggly

• playful; joking manner

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4