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WorksheetsStave One
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The narrator asserts that we must be sure to understand that which character was dead when the story opens?
a)
Tiny Tim
b)
Fan
c)
Fred
d)
Jacob Marley
2.
Who visits Scrooge's office to invite him to come to Christmas dinner?
a)
Bob Cratchit
b)
Tiny Tim
c)
Fred, Scrooge's nephew
d)
Fan, Scrooge's sister
3.
Scrooge is accosted by "two portly gentlemen." What do they want from him?
a)
They want him to contribute some money to care for the poor
b)
They want to open an account with him
c)
They want to ask him to dinner
d)
They want to criticize his stinginess
4.
Who tells Scrooge, "Mankind was my business! The Common We!fare was my business!"
a)
The ghost of Tiny Tim
b)
The ghost of Fan
c)
The ghost of Jacob Marley
d)
The ghost of Christmas Past
5.
What does the ghost imply will happen to Scrooge if he does not change?
a)
He will lose his money
b)
He will be isolated
c)
He will be unhappy
d)
He will be punished in a similar manner.
6.
What is Jacob Marley forced to drag about as a result of his sinful life?
a)
A huge safe full of lead
b)
An ox cart piled with gold
c)
Heavy chains forged from ledgers and
lockboxes
d)
A cross made of gold
7.
Why does Scrooge like darkness?
a)
It helps him sleep.
b)
t helps him to forget his past.
c)
) It hides the ghosts from his eyes.
d)
It is cheap.
8.
Which sentence from Stave I is an example of a simile?
a)
Marley was dead.
b)
Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone.
c)
External head and cold had little influence on Scrooge.
d)
Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
9.
What can we infer about Scrooge from the following passage?
The firm was known as Scrooge and Marley. Sometimes people new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge, and sometimes Marley, but he answered to both names. It was all the same to him.
The firm was known as Scrooge and Marley. Sometimes people new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge, and sometimes Marley, but he answered to both names. It was all the same to him.
a)
Scrooge enjoyed connecting with his clients.
b)
Scrooge only cared about business, not a relationship with his clients.
c)
Scrooge missed his partner Marley; he was lonely.
d)
Scrooge was getting old and becoming forgetful.
10.
Having read Stave I, what is the author’s purpose in the passage below?
Scrooge and he were partners for I don’t know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner. And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event…
Scrooge and he were partners for I don’t know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner. And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event…
a)
to reveal that Marley was well-respected in the town
b)
to reveal that Marley lacked personal connections, as his focus was on monetary gain
c)
to reveal Scrooge was a good friend to Marley
d)
to reveal that Scrooge and Marley knew each other for many years.
11.
Unholy; wicked
a)
inquired
b)
homage
c)
unhallowed
d)
oblige
12.
keep from being seen
a)
obscured
b)
dread
c)
derived
d)
destitute
13.
Without the basic necessities
a)
homage
b)
derived
c)
destitute
d)
caustic
14.
A ghost or ghost-like image of a person
a)
apparition
b)
justified
c)
agitated
d)
caustic
15.
Voluntary self-punishment as an expression of repentance
a)
penance
b)
amends
c)
oblige
d)
appaling
16.
Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way
a)
carol
b)
obscuring
c)
caustic
d)
agitated
17.
Awful; shockingly terrible
a)
appalling
b)
agitated
c)
oblige
d)
dread
18.
Bound legally or morally to do something
a)
Agitated
b)
Oblige
c)
Carol
d)
Agitated
19.
Ask for information; to question
a)
Inquired
b)
Dread
c)
Agitated
d)
Derived
20.
Marked by a good or legitimate reason
a)
Carol
b)
Derived
c)
Justified
d)
Agitated
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