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A Christmas Carol Review

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 2hrs 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I sprinkle kindness on the poor people because they need it most of all.

a)

Ghost of Christmas Future

b)

Ghost of Christmas Present

c)

Ghost of Christmas Past

d)

Jacob Marley

2.

I buy Scrooge's old stuff that his servants took from his room. At least I am profiting from his death.

a)

Jacob Marley

b)

Bob Cratchit

c)

Old Joe

d)

Fred

3.

I work for Ebenezer Scrooge. He likes to threaten my job and complain about me having a large family to support.

a)

Fred

b)

Jacob Marley

c)

Old Joe

d)

Bob Cratchit

4.

I am very weak and my father carries me on his shoulders. If I don't get any help, I will die in the near future.

a)

Tiny Tim

b)

Fred

c)

Fan

d)

Belinda

5.

In life I was Scrooge's business partner. Now I haunt the counting house.

a)

Fred

b)

Tiny Time

c)

Jacob Marley

d)

Dick Wilkins

6.

We ask Scrooge for money for charities, but he won't give us any because he supports prisons and work houses.

a)

Old Joe and Mrs. Dilber

b)

Jacob Marley and Fezziwig

c)

Fred and Bob Cratchit

d)

Portly and Thin Dogooders

7.

I am alone during my childhood. My father was mean to me but my sister, Fan, was awesome.

a)

Fred

b)

Boy Scrooge

c)

Fezziwig

d)

Boy Marley

8.

I invite Scrooge to Christmas dinner every year because he looks like my mother.

a)

Fred

b)

Fezziwig

c)

Fan

d)

Fiancee

9.

I don't speak at all. With me, Scrooge is able to see what will happen to him if he doesn't change the way he acts.

a)

Ghost of Christmas Past

b)

Ghost of Christmas Present

c)

Ghost of Christmas Future

d)

Ghost of Jacob Marley

10.

I used to work with Scrooge. We were both apprentices for Fezziwig.

a)

Fan

b)

Fezziwig

c)

Fred

d)

Dick Wilkins

11.

I was in love with Scrooge, but he was more in love with money. I put a "curse" on him that he will end up alone in life.

a)

Fred

b)

Dick Wilkins

c)

Fiancee

d)

Adam

12.

I have a delicate heart, but I am strong willed. I stick up for my brother and died at a young age.

a)

Fred

b)

Fan

c)

Fiancee

d)

Fezziwig

13.

I get Scrooge the turkey he wants to send to the Cratchits. I am officially the first person he is nice to after being visited by the three spirits.

a)

Fred

b)

Fan

c)

Adam

d)

Bob

14.

Scrooge doesn't realize what his young life was like until I show him. This is a very moving experience for him.

a)

Ghost of Christmas Past

b)

Ghost of Christmas Present

c)

Ghost of Christmas Future

d)

Jacob Marley

15.

Which figure of speech is the following line?

"Ebenezer Scrooge is solitary as an oyster" Jacob Marley

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

16.

Scrooge was my apprentice. I taught him everything he knows, especially how to treat the people who work for you with respect and kindness.

a)

Fred

b)

Fan

c)

Fezziwig

d)

Fiancee

17.

What stage direction does U.L. mean?

a)

left

b)

down left

c)

upper right

d)

upper left

18.

What is the theme of "A Christmas Carol"?

a)

kindness

b)

honesty

c)

companionship

d)

racism

19.

What does the Ghost of Christmas Present leave Scrooge?

a)

two puppies

b)

a boyhood cap

c)

his black robe

d)

two dolls

20.

What does C. mean?

a)

center

b)

circus

c)

right

d)

back

21.

What does the Ghost of Christmas Past leave Scrooge?

a)

a childhood cap

b)

two dolls

c)

black shroud

d)

a Yankees ball cap

22.

What does the Ghost of Christmas Future leave Scrooge?

a)

A childhood cap

b)

A bath robe

c)

The black robe he was wearing

d)

Two dolls

23.

The two dolls were named...

a)

Want and Desire

b)

Want and Ignorance

c)

Ignorance and Desire

d)

Love and Honesty

24.

Jacob Marley wears chains because...

a)

He was into heavy metal bands.

b)

He was escaping prison when he died.

c)

He thought they looked cool.

d)

He formed them in life every time he was mean and greedy.

25.

How many children did Dickens have?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

10

d)

12

26.

John Dickens, Charles’ father, was thrown in jail for which reason?

a)

Debt

b)

Murder

c)

Stealing

d)

vandalism

27.

What century author was Dickens?

a)

21st century

b)

19th century

c)

20th century

d)

18th century

28.

What kind of accident was Dickens in with Ellen Ternan?

a)

Car accident

b)

Horse accident

c)

Boat accident

d)

Train accident

29.

Who said it? “Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips, should be boiled in his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart”

a)

Jacob Marley

b)

Ebenezer Scrooge

c)

Ghost of Christmas Past

d)

Ghost of Christmas Present

30.

Who said it? “We are blessed, Ebenezer, truly, to have such a master as Mr. Fezziwig.”

a)

Fan

b)

Dick Wilkins

c)

Schoolmaster

d)

Bob Cratchit

31.

Who said it? “Business!! Man kind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.”

a)

Jacob Marley

b)

Ebenezer Scrooge

c)

Ghost of Christmas Past

d)

Ghost of Christmas Present

32.

Who said it? “(His glass raised in a toast) I’ll give you, Mr. Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast.”

a)

Fan

b)

Fred

c)

Dick Wilkins

d)

Bob Cratchit

33.

At what age did Charles Dickens start working in a factory?

a)

10

b)

12

c)

16

d)

18

34.

What did Catherine Hogarth's father do for a living?

a)

editor of the newspaper

b)

worked a printing press

c)

was a successful doctor

d)

taught English

35.

Charles Dickens was buried in what cemetery?

a)

Arlington Cemetery

b)

Westminster Abby

c)

The same cemetery as Edgar Allen Poe

d)

Riverside Cemetery

36.

Which of the following books was NOT written by Dickens?

a)

David Copperfield

b)

Oliver Twist

c)

Tale of Two Cities

d)

Moby Dick

37.

Who said it? "God bless us everyone"

a)

Belinda Cratchit

b)

Martha Cratchit

c)

Fred

d)

Tiny Tim

38.

Who said it? "I see my dear and perfect mother's face on his wizened cheeks and brow: brother and sister they were, and I cannot erase that from each view I take..."

a)

Belinda Cratchit

b)

Peter Cratchit

c)

Fred

d)

Tiny Tim

39.

Who said it? "I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the past, the present and the future."

a)

Jacob Marley

b)

Fred

c)

Dick Wilkins

d)

Ebenezer Scrooge

40.

Who said it? "It matters little...to you, very little. Another idol has displaced me, a golden one."

a)

Fan

b)

Fiancee

c)

Fezziwig

d)

Fred

41.

Who said it? "These are but shadows of things that have been. They have no consciousness of us."

a)

Ghost of Christmas Past

b)

Ghost of Christmas Present

c)

Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future)

d)

Jacob Marley

42.

"Dear, dear brother, I have come to bring you home."

a)

Fan

b)

Fiancee

c)

Fezziwig

d)

Fred

43.

Which figure of speech is the following line? "You must come hear the pudding singing in the copper"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

Personification

d)

onomatopoeia

44.

What days did the story take place on?

a)

October 30, Halloween, November 1

b)

Christmas day, the day after Christmas and New Year's Eve

c)

Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day

d)

Christmas Eve, Christmas day and the day after Christmas

45.

What year does the story take place during?

a)

1843

b)

1943

c)

1870

d)

1812

46.

What do the initials D. R. mean?

a)

downstage left

b)

downstage center

c)

upstage right

d)

downstage right

47.

Where does the story take place

a)

Paris, France

b)

London, England

c)

Baltimore, Maryland

d)

Canandaigua, New York

48.

Why does Jacob Marley talk to the audience?

a)

He doesn't realize they are there

b)

He wants them to feel part of the play

c)

To sell more tickets

d)

To show off his ponderous chains

49.

Why did the people that worked in Scrooge's house steal from him?

a)

Because they felt it belonged to them.

b)

To sell the items and make money

c)

Because they liked his belongings

d)

Because they wanted to damaged items related to Scrooge.

50.

When does Jacob Marley add a link to his chain?

a)

Whenever Christmas arrives

b)

Whenever he is mean and greedy

c)

Whenever he wants to feel stronger

d)

Whenever he thinks about how great his life used to be.

51.

Why will Scrooge's chains be longer than Marley's?

a)

He is older than Marley

b)

He has seven more years of meanness and greed added on.

c)

He has more money than Jacob.

d)

He broke up with his fiancee over money.

52.

What type of pet did Charles Dickens have?

a)

A red panda

b)

An anaconda named Mr. Slithers

c)

A raven

d)

A mallard duck

53.

How are Scrooge and Marley related?

a)

Business partners

b)

Brothers

c)

Cousins

d)

Pen pals

54.

What was the last line of the play?

a)

"Bah, Humbug"

b)

" A merry Christmas to all and to all a good night"

c)

"God bless us everyone"

d)

"Please sir, may I have some more?"

55.

How many ghosts visited Scrooge?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

None, it was just a dream

d)

5

56.

Dickens shows that Tiny Tim is weak by all of the following EXCEPT...

a)

a small crutch

b)

a mask over his mouth and nose to prevent illness

c)

Bob carries him on his shoulder

d)

metal braces on legs

57.

When the Ghost of Christmas Present arrived Scrooge's room did all of the following EXCEPT...

a)

The room got dark and dreary

b)

A throne made of Christmas foods appeared

c)

The rooms became a grove of ivy and holly

d)

The fireplace roared