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A Christmas Carol Review

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Marley was Scrooge's business partner.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Scrooge deeply mourns the death of his only friend, Marley.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Scrooge is the administrator of Marley's estate.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Scrooge's nephew is kind to Bob Cratchit.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The little boy at Scrooge's office receives an apple for singing a Christmas Carol.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

When Scrooge can bear no more pain, he extinguishes the light of the Ghost of Christmas Past.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The Ghost of Christmas Present appears as a giant sitting on a throne of food.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Mrs. Cratchit prepares Christmas dinner alone.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Scrooge and the first spirit visit the hut of a miner who celebrates Christmas with family and friends.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Topper is Fred's bachelor friend who chases the plump sister.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Scrooge is startled to hear businessmen talking so carelessly about a man's death.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The third spirit tells Scrooge that Tiny Tim will not die if Scrooge changes his ways.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Scrooge promises a large sum to charity on Christmas Day.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Bob Cratchit reports to work late the day after Christmas.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The story takes place in

a)

New York

b)

Edinburgh

c)

London

d)

Frankfurt

16.

The day of Marley's funeral, Scrooge was

a)

a broken man.

b)

a man of business.

c)

away in the country.

d)

comforting Marley's wife.

17.

Scrooge refuses to give to the Christmas poor fund because he

a)

supports the prisons and workhouses.

b)

is poor, himself.

c)

makes an annual contribution to the poor on his own.

d)

believes the sponsors are dishonest.

18.

Marley's spirit is condemned to wander for eternity because in his life he

a)

betrayed his country.

b)

stole money from Scrooge.

c)

did not care for his fellow humans.

d)

committed a murder.

19.

Scrooge's holidays at school were

a)

filled with celebration.

b)

painful because other boys made fun of him.

c)

very lonely.

d)

progressive.

20.

Old Fezziwig is

a)

tiresome.

b)

jolly.

c)

ill-mannered.

d)

shy.

21.

Scrooge's fiance accuses him of replacing her with

a)

another woman.

b)

another idol.

c)

religion.

d)

alcohol.

22.

The second spirit holds a

a)

glowing torch.

b)

steaming glass of punch.

c)

goblet of wine.

d)

cap that extinguishes his light.

23.

The ragged children, Ignorance and Want, can only offer society

a)

poverty

b)

doom

c)

charity

d)

guilt

24.

When Scrooge asks the second spirit if anything can be done for Ignorance and Want, the spirit replies,

a)

"Bah Humbug!"

b)

"It is neither my business or yours."

c)

"Are there no prisons?"

d)

"We cannot concern ourselves with their welfare."

25.

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come appears as a

a)

dwarf with a long, whit beard.

b)

hooded figure dressed in black.

c)

giant on a throne of food.

d)

man in chains with a bandage around his head.

26.

Even though he is terrified, Scrooge readily accepts the visit of the third spirit because

a)

Scrooge realizes its purpose is to help him.

b)

it reminds him of his father.

c)

Scrooge knows he will die unless he does.

d)

it has a friendly and inviting demeanor.

27.

The charwoman, laundress and undertaker's man bring Old Joe (the ragbuyer)

a)

books they took from the library.

b)

old clothes that no longer fit.

c)

chains.

d)

a shirt, blankets, and silverware from the dead man's house.

28.

The charwoman remarks that the dead man's shirt would be wasted if it were

a)

given to the poor.

b)

put on a body for burial.

c)

thrown away.

d)

sold.

29.

When Scrooge asks to see his future, the spirit shows him a

a)

prosperous business.

b)

lonely hospital bed.

c)

tombstone.

d)

small but happy family.

30.

Scrooge promises the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come that he will

a)

honor Christmas in his heart all year.

b)

adopt Tiny Tim.

c)

renew his relationship with his nephew, Fred.

d)

have no further contact with spirits.

31.

Scrooge eats Chrstmas dinner with

a)

the Cratchit family.

b)

Belle and her family.

c)

Fred and his wife.

d)

no one.

32.

For Christmas, Scrooge sends the Cratchits

a)

a huge turkey.

b)

a box full of toys.

c)

a large sum of money.

d)

new coats and mufflers.

33.

Scrooge hopes to catch Bob Cratchit coming in to work late so that he can

a)

fire him.

b)

surprise him by raising his salary.

c)

teach him that time is money.

d)

promote him to a new position.

34.

Who said, "Father is so much kinder that he used to be, that home is like heaven!"

a)

Fred

b)

Belle

c)

Caroline

d)

Fan

35.

Who said, "I'll give you Mr. Scrooge, the founder of the feast!"

a)

Fred

b)

Bob Cratchit

c)

Belle's husband

d)

Topper

36.

Who said, "He frightened everyone away from him when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead! Ha, ha, ha!"

a)

the charwoman

b)

undertaker's man

c)

Scrooge

d)

Ghost of Christmas Past

37.

Who said, "I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not, for I pity him."

a)

Belle

b)

Fred

c)

Topper

d)

Bob Cratchit

38.

Who said, "I wear the chain I forged in life...I made it link by link...and of my own free will I wore it."

a)

Bob Cratchit

b)

Master Peter

c)

Tiny Tim

d)

Jacob Marley

39.

Who said, "God bless us, everyone!"

a)

Tiny Tim

b)

Marley

c)

Scrooge

d)

Topper

40.

Who said, "I told you these were shadows of the things that have been...They they are what they are, do not blame me."

a)

Marley

b)

The Ghost of Christmas Past

c)

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

d)

The Ghost of Christmas Past

41.

Who said, "Assure me that I may yet change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life."

a)

Scrooge

b)

Tiny Tim

c)

Fred

d)

Bob Cratchit

42.

Who said, "Another idol as displaced me; and if it can cheer and comfort you in time to come I have no just cause to grieve."

a)

Fan

b)

Belle

c)

Caroline

d)

Martha

43.

Who said, "I wish I had him here. I'd give him a piece of my mind to feast upon and I hope he'd have a good appetite for it."

a)

Fan

b)

Belle

c)

Mrs. Cratchit

d)

Fred's wife.

44.

Who is associated with bed curtains?

a)

the charwoman

b)

Tiny Tim

c)

Ghost of Christmas Past

d)

Marley

45.

Who is associated with a crutch?

a)

Marley

b)

Tiny Tim

c)

The Ghost of Christmas Present

d)

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

46.

Who is associated with a torch?

a)

the Ghost of Christmas Past.

b)

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

c)

The Ghost of Christmas Present.

d)

Marley's Ghost.

47.

Who is associated with a white muffler?

a)

Jacob Marley

b)

Fred

c)

Bob Cratchit

d)

Tiny Tim

48.

What type of figurative language:


"The ancient tower of a church has a gruff old bell that was always peeping slyly down at Scrooge out of Gothic window in the wall."

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Metaphor

49.

"The Truth is, that he tried to keep down his terror, for the specter's voice disturbed the very marrow of his bones."

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Allusion

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Simile

50.

Why did I walk through crowds of fellow beings with my eyes turned down, and never raise them to that blessed Star which led the Wise Men to a poor abode?

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Allusion

d)

Metaphor

51.

A poor excuse for picking a man's pocket every twenty-fifth of December!

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

idiom

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

52.

They shone in every part of the dance like moons.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Allusion.

53.

"You travel fast?" said Scrooge. "On the wings of the wind," replied the Ghost.

a)

hyperbole

b)

allusion

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

54.

Girded round its middle was an antique scabbard, but no sword was in it, and the Ancient sheath was eaten up with rust.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

allusion

d)

personification

55.

"Ding dong! A quarter past," said Scrooge, counting.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Allusion

56.

Every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas" on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.

a)

hyperbole

b)

allusion

c)

simile

d)

metaphor