refused his nephew’s invitation to Christmas dinner.

asked his nephew to leave his office and stop his talk about Christmas,

said Bob Cratchit would go home without pay for agreeing with his nephew’s notions of Christmas

When the gentlemen came into his office collecting for the needy, Scrooge said

he supported the prisons and workhouses where they could go, or they could die to decrease the population

his money prevented him from living in poverty because he didn’t give it away

the poor and needy had never done anything for him.

Scrooge’s first encounter with Marley’s ghost was

the appearance of Marley’s face in his door knocker

Marley’s voice whispering to him as he walked home from his solitary meal

a likeness of Marley’s face that appeared in the tower clock as it chimed the hour.

At first, Scrooge dismissed Marley’s ghost as

a bad dream that he would soon forget

Which of the following was not true of Marley’s Ghost?

At times, a gentle breeze blew through its hair giving it an angelic appearance.

It wore a long chain that Marley had forged in life

Because Marley’s spirit had not gone among his fellow- men in life, it was condemned to do so after death.

the chain Scrooge was forging for himself was as long as his own seven Christmases ago

Scrooge’s business was doomed to failure

his former partner’s life was growing short.

Concerning its life as a businessman, Marley’s Ghost said

“No more honest a man could be found, but my chain was forged nonetheless.”

“I cared not for business, but for the profit it afforded.”

When the Spirit floated out the window, Scrooge saw

other phantoms also wearing chains and moaning because they could do no good in human matters.

that it lost its transparency and assumed the appearance of a living man

several people on the street below who looked familiar, but he could not name them

The Ghost of Christmas Past

had a bright jet of light springing from the crown of its head

had the face of a mournful child who stared at Scrooge with empty eyes.

carried a large, open book in its right hand

The Ghost took Scrooge to a childhood Christmas Eve when

his younger sister came to school to take him home for good and in time for Christmas

his father had sent him away to school and forbade his return

he sat alone in an empty school room with only a cruel schoolmaster for companionship.

had eventually turned against him as his father had

Scrooge watched as his old boss Fezziwig turned the warehouse into a place where

a joyous Christmas party with good food and dancing took place

his employees could work comfortably even on the coldest of winter days

the needy could find food and shelter for the night.

When he was a young man, Scrooge’s engagement to Belle had been broken because

she saw that she had been replaced in Scrooge’s heart by a golden idol

he had turned his attentions to another young woman who was extremely wealthy

her father wanted her to marry a man much wealthier than Scrooge.

Scrooge attempted to rid himself of the Ghost of Christmas Past and the painful things that it caused him to see by

pressing the phantom’s extinguisher-cap on its head until it covered its whole form except for the light that still streamed from beneath it.

wrestling it toward an open window and pushing it into the night

laughing at the things it had shown him and calling the Spirit’s warnings humbug

The Ghost of Christmas Present

had a joyful air, wore a deep-green robe, and held a glowing torch shaped like Plenty’s horn

had a cheery voice, but its countenance was as difficult to determine as that of the Ghost of Christmas Past

entered Scrooge’s bed chamber and lifted him from his bed.

The Ghost of Christmas Present said that he had

more than eighteen hundred brothers

many Christmases to show Scrooge, and each one would be a profitable lesson

hope for Scrooge, thought his time was growing short.

As he took Scrooge through the busy streets on Christmas morning, the Ghost of Christmas Present sometimes

shed a few drops of water from his torch upon people to restore good humor or sprinkled incense from it on their dinners

shed an eerie light into the windows of families so poor there was no food for a Christmas celebration

stopped to bestow an invisible blessing upon the poor.

At Bob Cratchit’s house, Scrooge saw that his clerk’s son

carried a little crutch, and his limbs were supported by an iron frame.

was a frail and unhappy child with pleading eyes

did not appear to be interested in the food being prepared or his father’s arrival

Tiny Tim answered his father’s toast to the family with the words

“God bless us, one and all, and the Spirit of Christmas!”

"God bless our family and everyone at Christmas!”

"Good bread, good meat, good God, let's eat!"

The Spirit warned that if the shadows they saw remained unaltered by the Future,

Tiny Tim would die before the next Christmas

Bob Cratchit and his family would soon be without a home or food to eat

his clerk’s family would become the most terrible link of the chain he was forging.

The very mention of Scrooge’s name

cast a dark shadow on the Cratchit family celebration for a full five minutes

drew mocking laughter from each of the Cratchit children

brought a smile to Bob Cratchit’s face and a toast of gratitude for the money he was paid.

The Ghost of Christmas Present showed Scrooge that

Christmas could be celebrated by the poorest of people in any place

poverty and hatred drove people to forget the joy of Christmas

Scrooge’s nephew was blessed with

a contagious laugh and good humor.

a loving wife and many children

as much wealth as that of his uncle

Scrooge’s nephew vowed to

invite his uncle to join them every year at Christmas until he died

refuse further contact with his uncle.

stay in good favor with his uncle because of his wealth,

Which of the following was not something that happened at Fred’s Christmas celebration?

Scrooge’s niece vowed that he would never be invited to her home to dampen the merriment of Christmas Day

Scrooge was the disagreeable, savage, growling and grunting animal that his nephew had in mind in the game of Yes and No.

Fred wished his uncle a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

was surrounded by a strange glow that formed eerie shadows on the things that Scrooge saw

spoke in a booming voice that terrified Scrooge

The hooded Phantom allowed Scrooge to hear a group of businessmen speak about

a dead man who had been taken by Old Scratch

Scrooge’s refusal to donate to their Christmas charity

a beloved friend who had died on Christmas Eve

The three people who came to sell items to the junk dealer had

stolen them from a man who had died alone with no one to look after him

bought their wares from Scrooge’s nephew

spoke remorsefully concerning the death of the old man whose belongings they carried

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come could not show Scrooge

anyone who felt sorrow for the dead man

the face of the corpse under the sheet

the identity of the person he saw sitting in his place of business

The shadowy future Christmas for Bob Cratchit’s family was filled with sorrow because

their only source of income had been lost

they had no money for food or fuel to warm their home

After his ordeal with the Spirits, Scrooge vowed to

honor Christmas all year, live in the Past, Present, and the Future, and use the lessons the Spirits had taught

forget his past, celebrate Christmas for the rest of his life, and be forever grateful for the Spirits

honor his old friend Jacob Marley each Christmas and make up for the misdeeds that both of them had forged

Scrooge was delighted to find that his time with the Spirits had

not caused him to miss Christmas Day

brought him back to the Christmas Eve in his office before the appearance of Marley’s Ghost

changed the way people thought of him as well as his own opinion of others

Scrooge’s encounter with the Spirits left him

so happy and giddy that he didn’t know what to do

exhausted and still uncertain that his experience was real

in a state of thoughtfulness that brought both tears and smiles to his eyes

As a changed man, one of Scrooge’s first good deeds was to

buy the big prize turkey from the Poulterer’s and have it sent to Bob Cratchit and his family

drop shillings out his open window to the people passing below

sing a tune he remembered from his childhood as he dressed to venture outside

As he walked the streets on Christmas morning, Scrooge’s smile was so irresistibly pleasant that

several people greeted him and wished him a merry Christmas

he frightened the people who knew him

Scrooge surprised the gentleman who had come into his office the evening before by

making a large donation to his cause, including back payments, and asking him to come for a visit

apologizing for his past behavior and asking for his friendship

speaking to a boy on the street and calling him an “intelligent lad.

Scrooge shared a wonderful Christmas day with

a group of fellow businessmen whom he had long admired

Bob Cratchit was surprised the day after Christmas when

Scrooge raised his salary, promised to help his family, and told him to order more coal

he arrived late for work and Scrooge said nothing about the incident

Scrooge insisted that he take another day off from work

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Authored by Margaret Anderson

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30 sec • 1 pt

1. On the Christmas Eve that Scrooge’s story began, the city was covered by

a heavy snow that kept people home

a dense fog that brought on early darkness

a warm sun that brought a sense of merriment.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was not true of Ebenezer Scrooge in the beginning? He...

was well-respected as a businessman, but he had not made a lot of money

was tight- fisted, solitary, and always carried his own low temperature about with him

was happy with the fact that people did not speak to him and went out of their way to avoid him.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Jacob Marley had been

the merchant who had occupied the shop next to Scrooge’s office

Scrooge’s partner and his only friend

a happy man who enjoyed people and the celebration of Christmas.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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30 sec • 1 pt

Jacob Marley had died

the previous year while dining at a tavern with Scrooge

two months before, following a long illness

seven years ago on Christmas Eve.

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

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30 sec • 1 pt

Scrooge’s clerk Bob Cratchit didn’t have a warm fire because

there was no stove in his area of the office

Scrooge threatened to fire him if he put more coal on it

there was no coal left and none could be bought on Christmas Eve.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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30 sec • 1 pt

What was Scrooge’s response when his nephew wished him a merry Christmas? He said,

“Bah! Humbug!”

“The day is not merry when one does not work,”

“Wish your merriness upon someone who wants it!”

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

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30 sec • 1 pt

Scrooge said people who celebrated Christmas were fools because

it didn’t make them any richer, they were a year older, and it did them no good

it was much like the way they behaved when they fell in love

Christmas was for children, not adults.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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