Excerpt from A Christmas Carol

When does this story take place?

• two days before Christmas

• on Christmas Eve

• on Christmas

• the day after Christmas

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How is Scrooge's nephew described in the text?

• rich and cheerful

• rich and dismal

• poor and cheerful

• poor and dismal

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Read these sentences from the text. Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk's fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal. But he couldn't replenish it, for Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room; and so surely as the clerk came in with the shovel, the master predicted that it would be necessary for them to part. What conclusion can you draw based on this information?

• The reason that the clerk's fire and Scrooge's fire were both so small is that there was no coal.

• Scrooge did not allow his clerk to have enough coal in his fire to keep warm.

• The only reason the clerk did not have enough coal is because he didn't want to go get it.

• Scrooge offered the clerk more coal but the clerk did not take it because he was scared.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Based on the text, how does the clerk feel about Scrooge?

• He loves Scrooge.

• He respects Scrooge.

• He admires Scrooge.

• He fears Scrooge.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is this text mostly about?

• the weather on a winter day

• how Scrooge treats his clerk

• how people celebrate Christmas

• how Scrooge feels about Christmas

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read these sentences from the text. He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost, this nephew of Scrooge's, that he was all in a glow; his face was ruddy . . . . As used in the text, what does the word "ruddy" mean?

• pleasant

• good-looking

• flushed

• pale

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Scrooge's nephew came to wish his uncle a Merry Christmas, _______ his uncle hates the holiday.

• but

• because

• and

• so

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Why does Scrooge's nephew like Christmas? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

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Application

Based on this text, how might someone describe Scrooge? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

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Analysis

When Scrooge asks his nephew, "What right have you to be merry?", his nephew responds, " his nephew responds, "What right have you to be...?

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3