A Christmas Carol

Who is Marley?

• Scrooge's Nehew
• Scrooge's brother
• Scrooge's business partner
• Scrooge's assistant

Which sentence best describes the offices of Scrooge and Marley?

• Bob Cratchit and Scrooge share an office and a small fire
• Bob Cratchit sits in a cubicale and Scrooge has an office
• Bob Cratchit, Scrooge and Marley have an offich each.
• A blazing fire warms the offices of Scrooge and Marley

Why does Scrooge object to people enjoying Christmas?

• He finds Christmas sad because Marley died on Christmas Eve.
• He cares only for making money, and Christmas interrupts business.
• He only pretends to dislike Christmas to say "Humbug."
• He believes poor people should always be unhappy.

Which statement by Nephew best describes his own feelings about Christmas?

• Come! Dine with us tomorrow.
• Christmas "has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket....."
• Christmas a "humbug" Uncle? I'm sure you don't mean that.
• [Christmas is] when men and women seem to open their shut-up hearts freely....

What do you learn about Scrooge's character from Marley in the first scene of Act 1?

• He was a good friend to Marley.
• He often gives money to beggars.
• He is a solitary miser.
• Scrooge likes the dark winter days.

When does the action of Act 1 take place?

• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
• Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the morning of the day after Christmas
• Christmas Eve and the morning of the day after Christmas

According to the stage directions, what does Bob Cratchit do as the two Do-Gooders leave the office?

• He wishes them Merry Christmas.
• He asks them to "shhh....."
• He gets ready to go home.
• He hands them a contribution to the poor.

When Scrooge goes to his rooms for the night, what actions show he is uneasy and troubled? Pick 3 from the lists below.

• He checks the back of the door knocker to see if Marley's pigtail is there.
• He checks each room and looks under the sofa and the table.
• He fixes his evening dinner and eats it by the small fire.
• He walks in a circle to check the pictures on the walls.

How did Marley get the chain he wears as a ghost?

• A wandering ghost gave him the chain
• He created the chain by adding links each time he screamed.
• He made the chain with his greed during his life.
• He got the Chain from the Ghost of Christmas Past.

Which people were kind to Scrooge in his past?

• His sister Fanny.
• His Master Fezziwig
• The Schoolmaster
• Both a and b
• Both b and c