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A Christmas Carol - Chapter 1 & 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When is the story set?

a)

Before Victoria is Queen

b)

When Victoria is Queen

c)

After Queen Victoria is dead

2.

What did Scrooge's office sign read?

a)

Ebeneezer and Jacob

b)

Marley and Me

c)

Scrooge and Marley

3.

What did Scrooge try to did hit the boy singing carols with?

a)

a wooden ruler

b)

a metal ruler

c)

a wooden cane

4.

How are Scrooge's lips described?

a)

thin and grey

b)

thin and blue

c)

thin and pink

5.

What does Bob Cratchit call his long scarf?

a)

comforter

b)

comfortable

c)

comforting

6.

How much did Bob Cratchit get paid?

a)

15 pounds

b)

15 guineas

c)

15 shillings

7.

Why was everyone cheerful?

a)

Tomorrow was Christmas Eve

b)

Tomorrow was Christmas Day

c)

Tomorrow was Boxing Day

8.

Who cried "Merry Christmas, Uncle!"?

a)

Bob

b)

Fred

c)

Humbug

9.

According to Scrooge, people who say Merry Christmas should be...

a)

roasted with their own turkey

b)

boiled with their own pudding

c)

lightly steamed with their brussel sprouts

10.

Where does Scrooge want poor people to go?

a)

workhouses

b)

outhouses

c)

summer houses

11.

What game is Bob going to play with his family?

a)

Deaf Man's Huff

b)

Blind Man's Buff

c)

Sick Man's Duff

12.

How is the inn described where Scrooge eats?

a)

miserable

b)

lonely

c)

superlatively palatable

13.

How is the door knocker described?

a)

big and old-fashioned

b)

large and unfashionable

c)

small and fashionable

14.

Where were Marley's glasses?

a)

perched on his nose

b)

perched on his forehead

c)

held in his mouth

15.

How long had Marley been dead?

a)

6 years

b)

8 years

c)

7 years

16.

What did Scrooge eat when he got home?

a)

porridge

b)

pudding

c)

Quakers

17.

What was Marley's chain made of?

a)

cash-boxes, keys, watches

b)

padlocks, bracelets, purses

c)

padlocks, cash-boxes, keys

18.

Scrooge thinks Marley could be the consequences of...

a)

a hallucination

b)

an upset stomach

c)

a dodgy kebab

19.

What time will the spirits visit Scrooge?

a)

Midnight

b)

1am

c)

1.30am

20.

What did Scrooge hear outside?

a)

mournful sighs

b)

sad cries

c)

devious lies