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A Christmas Carol (Stave 1 & 2)

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"
Who said this?
a)
Tiny Tim
b)
Bob Cratchit
c)
Two Portly Gentlemen
d)
Scrooge
2.
Who is the author of "A Christmas Carol?"
a)
Hemingway
b)
Mark Twain
c)
Steinbeck
d)
Charles Dickens
3.
"I forged this chain, link by link."
a)
Fred
b)
Belle
c)
Jacob Marley
d)
Tiny Tim
4.
The cold and gloom of Scrooge's nature is represented by 
a)
the london cold and fog
b)
the smoke
c)
the rain
d)
the wind
5.
How many ghosts are coming?
a)
3
b)
2
c)
4
d)
1
6.
What does Scrooge call Christmas?
a)
a drag
b)
a humbug
c)
lame
d)
dumb
7.
Marley's ghost comes to
a)
warn Scrooge
b)
punish Scrooge
c)
frighten Scrooge
d)
none of the above
8.
Who comes to tell Scrooge "Merry Christmas?"
a)
his nephew
b)
a random stranger
c)
his clerk
d)
his son
9.
Marley was dead as a
a)
Doornail
b)
Hammer
c)
Thumb tack
10.
Who is Cratchit?
a)
Scrooge's employee
b)
Scrooge's nephew
c)
Scrooge's dad
d)
Scrooge's friend
11.

What technique is used in this quotation describing Scrooge? "Solitary as an oyster"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Repetition

c)

Pathetic fallacy

d)

Simile

12.

Why does Scrooge's clerk have such a small fire?

a)

Scrooge won't let him have extra coal

b)

It isn't, he has a large fire

c)

He has a big coat on

d)

The weather isn't cold

13.

Who arrives to wish Scrooge a merry Christmas and invite him to dinner?

a)

His nephew, Fred

b)

His sister, Belle

c)

His nephew, Bob

d)

His friend, Marley

14.

What is Scrooge's view on Fred's marriage?

a)

He thinks Fred's wife is nice

b)

He doesn't mention it

c)

He thinks marriage for love is ridiculous

d)

He thinks Fred's wife is rude

15.

What do the men who call at Scrooge's office as for?

a)

Help for the poor

b)

Nothing

c)

No one calls

d)

Him to sign a petition

16.

Scrooge suggests that the poor should die and "decrease the surplus population". What does decrease mean?

a)

make more

b)

reduce

c)

help

d)

add to

17.

What is unusual about Scrooge's doorknocker?

a)

He doesn't have one

b)

It is a horse

c)

It has Marley's face

d)

It falls off

18.

What noise is heard as Marley approaches?

a)

Drums

b)

Chains

c)

Singing

d)

No noises

19.

Which of these items are on Marley's chains - tick all that apply

a)

cashboxes

b)

rings

c)

credit cards

d)

keys

e)

padlocks

20.

Why is Marley doomed to haunt the world?

a)

He murdered someone

b)

He did not help others while he was alive

c)

He enjoys it

d)

He isn't

21.

What does Marley say was his business?

a)

Money

b)

The law

c)

Mankind

d)

Charity

22.

At what time does Scrooge wake up at the start of Stave 2?

a)

11:00 pm

b)

11:20 pm

c)

Midnight

d)

1:00 am

23.

Complete the quote:

'from the crown of it's head sprang a bright, clear jet of .....'

a)

fire

b)

flame

c)

light

d)

water

24.

Complete the quote:

'the ghost of christmas ....'

a)

past

b)

present

c)

yet to come

d)

future

25.

Which of these describes the ghost of Christmas past look like? Select all that apply.

a)

A child

b)

An old man

c)

Twenty legs

d)

A body without a head

26.

What do Scrooge's tears represent?

a)

His sadness

b)

His loneliness

c)

His coldness beginning to thaw

d)

His face melting

27.

What half-thawed item is in the schoolyard, representing Scrooge beginning to change?

a)

A waterspout

b)

A waterbutt

c)

A stream

d)

A gutter

28.

A single *what* hangs above the schoolhouse, signifying that this is a sad, lonely place?

a)

Bell

b)

Sprig of mistletoe

c)

Moon

d)

Genius of the weather

29.

Scrooge's sister's name is?

a)

Scroogetta

b)

Belle

c)

Cinders

d)

Fan

30.

Scrooge's old boss' name is?

a)

Fuzziwig

b)

Fezziwug

c)

Fezziwig

d)

Fizziwug

31.

What is Scrooge's old girlfriend's name?

a)

Belle

b)

Beautiful

c)

Tracy

d)

Bell

32.

Complete the quote:

'Another .... has displaced me'

a)

Woman

b)

Person

c)

God

d)

Idol

33.

What colour hair does the ghost have?

a)

Red

b)

White

c)

Brown

d)

No hair

34.

Where does the ghost take Scrooge first?

a)

To see Belle

b)

Fezziwigs

c)

His school

d)

His home

35.

Why is young Scrooge alone?

a)

His father won't let him go home for Christmas

b)

He doesn't want to go home

c)

His family are late collecting him

d)

He isn't alone

36.

Who are Ali Baba and Robinson Crusoe?

a)

Scrooge's school friends

b)

Teachers

c)

Characters from books

d)

Ghosts

37.

What does watching the Fezziwig party make Scrooge regret?

a)

Shouting at a carol singer

b)

Being lonely as a child

c)

Being mean to his uncle

d)

Not treating his clerk, Bob, very well

38.

Fill in the missing word: Belle says their engagement (contract) was made when they were both __________.

a)

Poor

b)

Younger

c)

In love

d)

Friends

39.

What is Scrooge shown after he sees the end of his engagement with Belle?

a)

Christmas at his nephew's house

b)

Marley's death

c)

Her future family and happiness

d)

Her death

40.

Name the technique: "the crisp air laughed to hear it"

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Alliteration

41.

Name the technique: “Ding, dong!”

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Sibilance

42.
What is the setting of A Christmas Carol?
a)
London, England, 1840's
b)
London, New Jersey, 1790's
c)
Paris, France, 1970's
d)
Austin, Texas, present
43.
What words would be used to describe Scrooge as a child?
a)
happy and mischievous 
b)
a ladies man
c)
bright and excited
d)
lonely and solitary
44.
Where did the first ghost take Scrooge?
a)
into his future
b)
into his past
c)
into present day
d)
into Marley's past
45.

Name the technique: He opened his ferret eyes

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Pathetic fallacy

d)

Onomatopoeia

46.

Identify the technique: Hard and sharp as flint

a)

Repetition

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Simile

47.

Identify the technique: the houses opposite were mere phantoms

a)

Alliteration

b)

Repetition

c)

Metaphor

d)

Sibilance

48.

Identify the technique: The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down at Scrooge

a)

Repetition

b)

Anaphora

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

49.

Who are the young boy's only friends in Stave 2?

a)

The boys from his favorite boarding school

b)

The boys who lived down the street.

c)

His book characters

d)

His classmates

50.
What does Scrooge's nephew want? 
a)
to invite his uncle to Christmas dinner
b)
to pay a debt
c)
to obtain a loan
d)
to return a borrowed item
51.

What is Scrooge missing with respect to his fellow man?

a)

A couple of his teeth

b)

the address to your mom's house

c)

connection

d)

the chain that attaches his wallet to his belt

52.

Pick all of the things that show readers scrooge is disconnected.

a)

He lives alone

b)

his only friends at school were characters in books

c)

he doesn't attend social functions anymore