WorksheetsA Christmas Carol Context
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
When was Charles Dickens born?
1712
1812
1912
2012
Why was Dickens' father sent to prison?
He stole a woman's handbag.
He could not pay back his debt.
He broke into someone's house.
He sold fake Rolex watches.
What did Dickens do while his father was in Prison?
Dickens stayed at school and got good grades.
He begged on the streets.
He worked as a playwright's assistant and earned a lot of money.
He worked as a child labourer in poor conditions and had a very low wage.
What did Dickens campaign for?
A fairer justice system.
A reform of the workhouses.
The rights of the poor to have access to education.
Effective sewers and reasonable housing.
All of the above.
When did Dickens die?
1770
1870
1970
2070
How did the industrial revolution affect cities? (2 answers)
It made the rich, richer and the rich/poor gap widened.
Everyone made a lot of money.
Workers had to work long hours for little money.
They got smaller.
What is the best adjective to describe the housing for middle class families?
Appropriate
Appalling
Appeasing
Appealing
In the 1830s and 40s, how many children died before the age of five?
1 in 3
1 in 4
1 in 5
1 in 10
The Poor Law Amendment Act was introduced in 1843. What did that mean?
It meant that people were only defined as poor if they had children.
It meant that the poor could not beg on the streets. If they did, they would be put in jail.
It meant that poor people were not allowed to look at rich people.
It meant that the government made sure that the poor were housed in workhouses, clothed and fed.
What were workhouses? (2 answers)
A place where men, women and children did horrific jobs so they could stay there.
A place where people could live for a small price.
A place where poor people who had no job or home lived.
A place where people could relax and not work.
What era was A Christmas Carol written in?
Georgian
Victorian
Renaissance
Elizabethan
What was a Victorian long-standing tradition?
Telling ghost stories
Playing Scrabble
Visiting the workhouses
Eating at midnight
There was a lot of poverty in the Victorian era. What does poverty mean?
Wealthy families who give their money to poor people.
A type of flower.
Old buildings which are used as workhouses.
The lack of basic necessities that are needed for a person to live.
Scrooge is a capitalist. What does this mean?
He is a wealthy person who is invested in business and benefits from the system of capitalism as it adds to his wealth.
He is born in December.
He loves capital cities as that is where he gets given money.
He gives out his money to poor people as they do not earn a good wage.
When was A Christmas Carol written?
January 1843
December 1843
January 1783
December 1783
Why did Dickens write A Christmas Carol? (2 Answers)
To show how awful Christmas time is.
To cheer up families at Christmas time.
To draw the reader's attention to the unfortunate lives of England's poor.
To put everyone in a bad mood and make them hate their life.
What type of story is A Christmas Carol?
A novel
A play
A poem
A novella
Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol to show how there is social injustice in our world. What is 'social injustice'?
When people are not allowed to go into court.
When people do not communicate with others.
When people are not treated fairly and as equals to everyone else.
When people are very chatty to the point they are annoying.
