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WorksheetsChristmas Carol Stave 1
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 22mins
When does the novel open?
a week before Christmas
two days before Christmas
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
What is Scrooge's relationship to Marley?
They are brothers.
They are enemies.
They were business partners.
They were in the army together.
What does Scrooge's nephew want?
a donation for the poor
Scrooge to sign a document for him
a bill for accounting services
to invite Scrooge over for Christmas dinner
How does Scrooge respond to his nephew's request?
He said if people are poor, they should go to prison.
He refused to sign the document.
He said his nephew did not have to pay the bill.
He told his nephew that Christmas was a "humbug" and that he wouldn't come to Christmas dinner.
Which adjectives best describe Scrooge?
selfish & greedy
generous & fun
funny & happy
enthusiastic & energetic
How did Scrooge respond to the gentlemen collecting money for the poor?
He said he would be glad to support their cause.
He said he would talk to them at a later time.
He said that poor people actually had more money than he did.
He said the poor should just go to the prisons and workhouses.
How much money does Scrooge give to the men asking for charity for the poor?
none
5 schillings
a sixpence
a day's wages
What happened to Scrooge's doorknocker?
Someone stole it.
It turned rusty from old age.
It froze from the extreme temperatures and fell off of the door.
It transformed into the face of Jacob Marley.
What did Marley say about Scrooge's own fate?
He never really him.
He tried to warn him about his selfishness before he died.
Scrooge's father was just as mean.
Scrooge's chain has been growing since Marley died, so it is much longer.
Why is it IMPERATIVE that Scrooge have the three visits from the ghosts?
to follow the plan of his father
in the hopes of escaping Jacob Marley's fate
to follow the advise of Bob Cratchit
in order to see him fly
What do the chains on Marley represent?
the sins and selfish deeds he committed during his life
the many different paths he could have taken in life
the years that he has left to serve his sentence
