A Christmas Carol - Scenes 1-3 Quiz

Who wrote A Christmas Carol?

• Theodore Taylor

• Langston Hughes

• Charles Dickens

• Ray Bradbury

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the setting for Christmas Carol?

• 1600’s in China

• 1700’s in the United States

• 1800’s in England

• 1900’s in Germany

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What was the purpose of the prologue? (Multiple answers)

• To establish the need for vocabulary study

• To establish the setting and time period

• To establish the credibility of the author

• To establish the poor living conditions

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The Gentleman visitor who comes to Scrooge’s office for what reason?

• To collect taxes.

• To ask him a business question.

• To speak with Cratchit about his son.

• To collect money to help the poor in the community.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Scrooge mean when he says "If they had rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population"?

• He means poor people should die if they want to, so there's less people in the world.

• He means poor people need money donated to them.

• He means they should go work in a Workhouse.

• He means he doesn't like people.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How many people are in Scrooge's household employment?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who appears and speaks to Scrooge before the Christmas ghosts?

• Marley

• Sparsit

• Child Scrooge

• Gentleman Visitor

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why is Marley doomed to haunt people after his death?

• He lived a selfish life, and this is his punishment.

• He chose to be a ghost.

• He was not religious in life, and God has punished him.

• He was selected at random by the Ghost of Christmas Past.

For how long has Scrooge's business partner, Jacob Marley, been dead?

• 1 year

• 4 years

• 7 years

• 11 years

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the significance of the chains that Marley's ghost wears?

• To represent his love for jewelry

• To signify his commitment to helping others

• To symbolize his greed and the consequences of his actions in life

• To show his status as a wealthy man