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"A Christmas Carol" Test

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Jacob Marley to Scrooge?

a)

His close friend

b)

His business partner

c)

His neighbor

d)

His brother

2.

What do Marley's chains symbolize?

a)

How much money he made when he was alive

b)

How many people he wronged with his bad business practices

c)

How many businesses he owned when he was alive

d)

His materialism and greed

3.

Which word describes how Scrooge speaks to others in the beginning of the play?

a)

loudly

b)

nicely

c)

brusquely

d)

obscurely

4.

What is the one condition Scrooge gave Cratchit in order to let him have Christmas Day off?

a)

Cratchit had to show up early for work the day after Christmas

b)

Cratchit had to come into work Christmas night

c)

Cratchit had to work the day after Christmas for free

d)

Cratchit had to find a replacement to work for him on Christmas

5.

Why did Scrooge not want to help the destitute?

a)

He thinks that churches and charities should help instead of individual people

b)

He thinks they should be in workhouses and prisons

c)

He thinks his nephew should donate instead

d)

They have stolen from him before and is still upset about it

6.

What did Fezziwig do every Christmas Eve for his employees?

a)

He fired all of his employees and hired new ones

b)

He made them work overtime

c)

He gave them all the day off

d)

He closed his business early and threw a large, rambunctious party for his employees

7.

What is ironic about Scrooge's comment about the Christmas party?

a)

He says that Fezziwig didn't need to spend a bunch of money on a party for it to be a great time or memory, and Scrooge value's money over everything.

b)

Scrooge sang Christmas carol even though he despises them

c)

This is the party where Scrooge started becoming more and more angry about Christmas

d)

Fezziwig gave out bonuses but Scrooge does not

8.

Who does the Spirit of Christmas present resemble?

a)

Marley

b)

The little girl with the doll

c)

Death

d)

Fezziwig

9.

How do Scrooge's words about poor people dying come back to haunt him?

a)

He wishes he would have given Crachit a Christmas bonus so they would have a plentiful dinner

b)

He has now put Tiny Tim's face to poor people and cannot bear the thought of him dying

c)

He now sees how poor the poor people actually are

d)

He knows who the poor people actually are and is upset he could have said that about anyone

10.

How does Scrooge show his concern for other people in Scene 4?

a)

He begins to care about Tiny Tim's well being

b)

He regrets not giving his employees a Christmas bonus

c)

He is upset that he never was a good master like Fezziwig

d)

He tries to help Mrs. Crachit make the children's bed

11.

Why does the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come not have any visible physical features?

a)

The ghost represent death and death looks different to every person

b)

The lack of features symbols the lack of love in Scrooge's life

c)

It is symbolic of what is yet to come

d)

The future had not happened yet, so it is not possible to know what the future looks like

12.

What important lesson did Scrooge learn from the Spirit of Christmas Past?

a)

Scrooge's past was filled with greedy and selfish people

b)

Scrooge's love of money has changed him into a negative person

c)

Scrooge's past set him up for a lifetime of failure

d)

Scrooge's love of money has isolated him from friends and family

13.

What important lesson did Scrooge learn from the Spirit of Christmas Past?

a)

Scrooge has the ability to help those around him and he should

b)

Scrooge needs to be nicer to poor people

c)

People in his life are suffering because they refuse to work harder

d)

People around him were suffering because of his stinginess

14.

What lesson did Scrooge learn from the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come?

a)

Speak kindly of people because you never know what they are going through

b)

You cannot trust those that are close to you

c)

Be kind to people or else they will rob you

d)

He needs to use his money to help those around him because his money is useless after he is dead

15.

Where does Scrooge spend Christmas?

a)

With Fred and family

b)

At his house alone

c)

With his neighbors

d)

Volunteering at the local orphanage with Tiny Tim

16.

How does Scrooge's character traits change as the play progresses?

a)

He goes from being charitable to being greedy

b)

He goes from being odious and greedy to being charitable and kind

c)

He goes from being personable to being isolated

d)

He goes from being overbearing to being insidious

17.

Why did Charles Dickens write this play?

a)

To remind poor people of how awful wealthy people actually are

b)

To make a lot of money

c)

To entertain the wealthy people

d)

To remind wealthy people of the conditions the poor people were living in, in the hopes that they would help alleviate their suffering

18.

In what year was "A Christmas Carol" published?

a)

1843

b)

1853

c)

1863

d)

1873