WorksheetsA Christmas Carol Novel Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Jacob Marley is weighed down by chains when he visits Scrooge. What do the chains represent?
The money he owed to creditors at the time of his death
The good deeds he could have done in his life but chose not to do
The number of years he had been dead but suffering, unable to find peace
None of the above
Which of the following is a part of the exposition?
“Scrooge crept toward it,..., read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, EBENEZER SCROOGE.”
“He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die,...”
“ ...Marley was as dead as a doornail. Scrooge knew he was dead.”
““I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!” Scrooge repeated…”
The climax of a story is when _______________ .
The characters are introduced
The story reaches the highest point of excitement
Conflicts in the story are introduced
Conflicts are resolved
Which of the following statements is found in the resolution?
“He looked about in that very place for his own image, but another man stood in his accustomed corner.”
“He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle ever afterward; and it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well,...”
““Yo ho, my boys!” said Fezziwig. “No more work tonight. Christmas Eve,...””
“Oh! But he was a tightfisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge!”
On arriving home, Scrooge’s first hint of anything unusual was __________________.
Hearing the clank of a chain
Seeing Marley’s face in the door knocker
Finding a fire lit
Finding an open window
Which of the following is a part of the exposition?
“Scrooge crept toward it,..., read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, EBENEZER SCROOGE.”
“He did it all, and infinitely more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die,...”
“ ...Marley was as dead as a doornail. Scrooge knew he was dead.”
““I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!” Scrooge repeated…”
Scrooge’s fiancée implied that her real reason for refusing to marry Scrooge was __________________.
His love of money had destroyed his good qualities.
He was beginning to treat her rudely and unkindly.
He was too old for her.
She actually never loved him.
The falling action of the story is when ______________ .
The characters are introduced
The story reaches the highest point of excitement
Conflicts in the story are introduced
There is a resolution of the characters’ conflicts
Which text evidence supports the character trait, cold-hearted, for Scrooge?
“He died seven years ago, this very night.”
“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it and decrease the surplus population.””
”But you were always a good man of business, Jacob.”
“No children asked him what it was o’clock,...”
Which character trait would support the evidence, “I’ll raise your salary and endeavor to assist your struggling family,...”
Greedy
Cold-hearted
Compassionate
Humorous
Which character traits would best be used to describe the character, Jacob Marley?
Heartless and stingy
Caring and rude
Cruel and hateful
Compassionate and worried
Which character trait best describes Bob Cratchet?
Loyal
Stingy
Talkative
Impolite
Based on the quote from the text, “”The founder of the Feast, indeed!” cried Mrs. Cratchet, reddening. “I wish I had him here. I’d give him a piece of my mind to feast upon…””, what character trait would you give to Mrs. Cratchet?
Friendly
Sarcastic
Grateful
Timid
What is another term for apparition or specter?
phantom
spectacle
mortal
prophet
What term means "to desire to do good to others; goodwill"?
prosperous
charitable
ominous
stingy
What term means "a person who works for another in order to learn a trade."
slave
parliament
apprentice
clerk
What term is "characterized by financial success or good fortune"?
prosperous
charitable
indebted
ominous
“Our contract is an old one. It was made when we were both poor and content to be so, until, in good season, we could improve our worldly fortune by our patient industry. You are changed. When it was made, you were another man.”
This excerpt is part of the _________________.
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Exposition
This excerpt is which part of the Plot?
"The Spirit was immovable as ever. Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, EBENEZER SCROOGE.
“Spirit!” he cried, tight clutching at its robe, “hear me! I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been but for this intercourse. Why show me this, if I am past all hope!”
“Good Spirit,” he pursued, as down upon the ground he fell before it: “Your nature intercedes for me, and pities me. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life!” The kind hand trembled. “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!”"
Exposition
Falling Action
Climax
Resolution
This excerpt is which part of the Plot?
“I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!” Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed. “The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. Oh Jacob Marley! Heaven, and the Christmas Time be praised for this! I say it on my knees, old Jacob, on my knees!”
He was so fluttered and so glowing with his good intentions, that his broken voice would scarcely answer to his call. He had been sobbing violently in his conflict with the Spirit, and his face was wet with tears."
Exposition
Falling Action
Climax
Rising Action
