WorksheetsA Christmas Carol (Stave 1 & 2)
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 31mins
Who said this?
What technique is used in this quotation describing Scrooge? "Solitary as an oyster"
Metaphor
Repetition
Pathetic fallacy
Simile
Why does Scrooge's clerk have such a small fire?
Scrooge won't let him have extra coal
It isn't, he has a large fire
He has a big coat on
The weather isn't cold
Who arrives to wish Scrooge a merry Christmas and invite him to dinner?
His nephew, Fred
His sister, Belle
His nephew, Bob
His friend, Marley
What is Scrooge's view on Fred's marriage?
He thinks Fred's wife is nice
He doesn't mention it
He thinks marriage for love is ridiculous
He thinks Fred's wife is rude
What do the men who call at Scrooge's office as for?
Help for the poor
Nothing
No one calls
Him to sign a petition
Scrooge suggests that the poor should die and "decrease the surplus population". What does decrease mean?
make more
reduce
help
add to
What is unusual about Scrooge's doorknocker?
He doesn't have one
It is a horse
It has Marley's face
It falls off
What noise is heard as Marley approaches?
Drums
Chains
Singing
No noises
Which of these items are on Marley's chains - tick all that apply
cashboxes
rings
credit cards
keys
padlocks
Why is Marley doomed to haunt the world?
He murdered someone
He did not help others while he was alive
He enjoys it
He isn't
What does Marley say was his business?
Money
The law
Mankind
Charity
At what time does Scrooge wake up at the start of Stave 2?
11:00 pm
11:20 pm
Midnight
1:00 am
Complete the quote:
'from the crown of it's head sprang a bright, clear jet of .....'
fire
flame
light
water
Complete the quote:
'the ghost of christmas ....'
past
present
yet to come
future
Which of these describes the ghost of Christmas past look like? Select all that apply.
A child
An old man
Twenty legs
A body without a head
What do Scrooge's tears represent?
His sadness
His loneliness
His coldness beginning to thaw
His face melting
What half-thawed item is in the schoolyard, representing Scrooge beginning to change?
A waterspout
A waterbutt
A stream
A gutter
A single *what* hangs above the schoolhouse, signifying that this is a sad, lonely place?
Bell
Sprig of mistletoe
Moon
Genius of the weather
Scrooge's sister's name is?
Scroogetta
Belle
Cinders
Fan
Scrooge's old boss' name is?
Fuzziwig
Fezziwug
Fezziwig
Fizziwug
What is Scrooge's old girlfriend's name?
Belle
Beautiful
Tracy
Bell
Complete the quote:
'Another .... has displaced me'
Woman
Person
God
Idol
What colour hair does the ghost have?
Red
White
Brown
No hair
Where does the ghost take Scrooge first?
To see Belle
Fezziwigs
His school
His home
Why is young Scrooge alone?
His father won't let him go home for Christmas
He doesn't want to go home
His family are late collecting him
He isn't alone
Who are Ali Baba and Robinson Crusoe?
Scrooge's school friends
Teachers
Characters from books
Ghosts
What does watching the Fezziwig party make Scrooge regret?
Shouting at a carol singer
Being lonely as a child
Being mean to his uncle
Not treating his clerk, Bob, very well
Fill in the missing word: Belle says their engagement (contract) was made when they were both __________.
Poor
Younger
In love
Friends
What is Scrooge shown after he sees the end of his engagement with Belle?
Christmas at his nephew's house
Marley's death
Her future family and happiness
Her death
Name the technique: "the crisp air laughed to hear it"
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Name the technique: “Ding, dong!”
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Sibilance
Name the technique: He opened his ferret eyes
Simile
Metaphor
Pathetic fallacy
Onomatopoeia
Identify the technique: Hard and sharp as flint
Repetition
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
Identify the technique: the houses opposite were mere phantoms
Alliteration
Repetition
Metaphor
Sibilance
Identify the technique: The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down at Scrooge
Repetition
Anaphora
Simile
Personification
Who are the young boy's only friends in Stave 2?
The boys from his favorite boarding school
The boys who lived down the street.
His book characters
His classmates
What is Scrooge missing with respect to his fellow man?
A couple of his teeth
the address to your mom's house
connection
the chain that attaches his wallet to his belt
Pick all of the things that show readers scrooge is disconnected.
He lives alone
his only friends at school were characters in books
he doesn't attend social functions anymore
