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Stave 5

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in!”

a)

joyous, merry

b)

the beginning or start

c)

compensation for a loss

d)

the end

2.

“‘I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!’ Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed. 'The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.’”

a)

try hard

b)

impulsive; flighty

c)

joyous, merry

d)

give up

3.

“‘They are not torn down,’ cried Scrooge, folding one of his bed-curtains in his arms, ‘they are not torn down, rings and all. They are here—I am here—the shadows of the things that would have been, may be dispelled. They will be. I know they will!’”

a)

to drive off in various directions

b)

serious in intention

c)

glad; cheerful

d)

given to someone else

4.

“‘I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man.’”

a)

undesirable

b)

lighthearted

c)

serious

d)

boring

5.

“Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh. The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs!”

a)

glorious

b)

flighty

c)

disperse

d)

awful

6.

“‘What's to-day?’ cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes, who perhaps had loitered in to look about him.”

a)

disease of the body

b)

to exert oneself vigorously

c)

to linger aimlessly

d)

to run away

7.

“‘No, no,’ said Scrooge, ‘I am in earnest. Go and buy [the turkey], and tell them to bring it here, that I may give them the direction where to take it.”

a)

serious in intention

b)

impulsive; flighty

c)

joyous, merry

d)

angry; full of rage

8.

“He looked so irresistibly pleasant… that three or four good-humored fellows said, ‘Good morning, sir! A merry Christmas to you!’ And Scrooge said often afterwards, that of all the blithe sounds he had ever heard, those were the blithest in his ears.”

a)

to drive off in various directions

b)

serious in intention

c)

glad; cheerful

d)

melancholy; distraught

9.

“Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them; for he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset….”

a)

joyous, merry

b)

the beginning or start

c)

compensation for a loss

d)

end or conclusion

10.

“…and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have the malady in less attractive forms.”

a)

any disorder or disease of the body

b)

to linger aimlessly

c)

impulsive; flighty

d)

beauty beyond measure

11.

In the end, what happens to Tiny Tim?

a)

He dies.

b)

Scrooge becomes like a second father.

c)

He is healed and doesn’t have to use crutches anymore.

d)

He moves "Elsewhere" with Jonas and Gabe

12.

What does Scrooge say he will attempt to bring a bit of into every day that he lives?

a)

The Christmas Spirit

b)

Happiness to the sick and needy

c)

The love of a family

d)

Marshmallows

13.

Whose home does Scrooge stop into on Christmas afternoon?

a)

His nephew Fred’s

b)

Jacob Marley’s

c)

The Cratchits’s

d)

George's place

14.

Scrooge makes a promise to Jacob Marley; what is this promise?

a)

To fear the Spirits of Christmas always

b)

To keep the Spirits of Christmas within himself

c)

To never sleep on Christmas Eve

d)

To always wash his hands before dinner

15.

What are Tiny Tim’s words at the end of this stave?

a)

“Merry Christmas to us all!”

b)

“I don’t want to die.”

c)

“God bless us, everyone!”

d)

"Peace out!"

16.

Why does Scrooge go to his nephew’s house?

a)

To eat dinner

b)

To give him some money

c)

To see his sister

d)

To yell at him

17.

What did Scrooge give Bob?

a)

a raise in his salary

b)

a new coat

c)

more work to do

d)

a new car

18.

Who did Scrooge want to beat to the office the next morning?

a)

Marley

b)

Fred

c)

Bob

d)

George

19.

Where does Scrooge send a boy to make a purchase for him?

a)

grocery store

b)

shoemaker

c)

poulterer

d)

Walmart

20.

How many nights does it take the Spirits to visit Scrooge?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four

21.

What day is it when Scrooge awakens from his visits with the Spirits?

a)

Christmas Eve

b)

Christmas Day

c)

The day after Christmas

d)

New Year's Day

22.

To whom does Scrooge make amends throughout this stave?

a)

The gentlemen collecting money for the poor, his nephew, Fred, and the Cratchit family

b)

Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, and Belle

c)

Fred, Belle, and the Cratchit family

d)

Marley, Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

23.

As he walked down the street, Scrooge regarded the people with

a)

a delighted smile

b)

“Bah Humbug!”

c)

“Merry Christmas every one!”

d)

he throws rocks at them

24.

Why did the people on the street treat Scrooge differently?

a)

He was smiling and looked pleasant

b)

They wanted some money

c)

It was sunny not foggy

d)

He looked like a monster

25.

What figurative language is utilized in the quote: “I am as giddy as a schoolboy.”

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

alliteration