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A Christmas carol

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The author of "The Christmas Carol" is...

a)

Marley Jacobs

b)

Scrooge

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Ms. Moore

2.

What is the setting for this story?

a)

London - Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

b)

London Christmas Day and the Day after Christmas

c)

New York - Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

d)

New York - b

3.
Scrooge, when approached by the two men seeking charity for the poor, acted...
a)
lonely
b)
greedy
c)
kind
d)
loud
4.

Bob Cratchit is ready to leave work because...

a)

He is ready to eat dinner.

b)

It is Christmas Eve.

c)

He does not like Scrooge.

d)

He fears he will be asked to work late.

5.

Scrooge doesn't want to give Cratchit Christmas day off because...

a)

Scrooge must pay him for the day even though he is not working.

b)

Cratchit does not work very hard.

c)

It is expected to be a busy day.

d)

Scrooge does not take off days.

6.

Who was Marley?

a)

Scrooge's older brother

b)

Scrooge's business partner

c)

Scrooge's boss

d)

Scrooge's father

7.
How did Marley get the chain that he wears?
a)
It was given to him by the Ghost of Christmas Past.
b)
It wrapped itself around him when he first screamed.
c)
He created it to present to Scrooge as a gift.
d)
He made it with his own greed during his lifetime.
8.
The Ghost of Christmas __________ shows Scrooge his childhood. 
a)
Present
b)
Past
c)
Yet to Come
d)
Tomorrow
9.

What is revealed about Scrooge’s childhood when he is returned to his schoolhouse with the Spirit?

a)

He was lonely and spent much time lost in books.

b)

He was his father’s favorite.

c)

He cared only about money.

d)

He was afraid of ghosts.

10.
How does Scrooge feel seeing the Christmas party of his former master, Fezziwig?
a)
He thinks that he lavished too much praise on Fezziwig.
b)
He wishes he could say a word or two to his clerk Bob Cratchit.
c)
He wishes he had given money to the boy singing carols.
d)
He realizes how much he has missed his sister, Fan.
11.
Which word gives the best overall description of Fezziwig?
a)
generous
b)
businesslike
c)
greedy
d)
angry
12.
How does Scrooge feel about seeing his past?
a)
He isn't really interested
b)
He is excited, but then becomes very sad
c)
He doesn't remember any of it
d)
He is bored and unhappy
13.
What does Scrooge learn about the past?
a)
You can change it
b)
It cannot change
c)
Forgive and forget
d)
Mistakes happen
14.
What time did the second ghost arrive?
a)
Midnight
b)
11pm
c)
1am
d)
2am
15.
To whom does Bob Cratchit raise a toast?
a)
Tiny Tim
b)
Marth
c)
Mother
d)
Scrooge
16.
In a play, the words in italics that give instructions and details about what is happening behind the scenes are called ______. 
a)
Call Notes
b)
Directors Dialogue
c)
Script Directions
d)
Stage Directions
17.
What is plot?  
a)
The diagram we write on.
b)
The series of events in a story.
c)
The shape of the stage.
d)
The setting of the story.
18.
In "A Christmas Carol" where does the scene of Scrooge sending the boy to buy the prize turkey fall of the plot diagram?
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Climax
d)
Falling Action
19.
In "A Christmas Carol" where does the scene of Scrooge being visited by the ghost of Christmas Past fall?
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Climax
d)
Resolution
20.
What could be considered the climax of the story "A Christmas Carol?"
a)
Scrooge seeing his own grave
b)
Scrooge seeing Tiny Tim's death
c)
The ghost of Christmas Future coming to visit
d)
All of the above.
21.
The Ghost of Christmas __________________ shows Scrooge that Bob Cratchit lives in poor conditions and barely has a Christmas dinner for his family.
a)
Present
b)
Past
c)
Yet to Come
d)
Marley
22.
Seeing the future showed Scrooge that ___________.
a)
Money can take you far in life.
b)
Your friends will always be there for you.
c)
No matter what life will be okay.
d)
Being generous is more important than being wealthy.
23.
"Bah, humbug!"
Who said this?
a)
Tiny Tim
b)
Scrooge
c)
Fred
d)
Christmas Present
24.
Who is the main character of A Christmas Carol?
a)
Ebeneezer Scrooge
b)
Queen Victoria
c)
Tiny Tim
d)
Bruce Wayne
25.
Who is Cratchit?
a)
Scrooge's employee
b)
Scrooge's nephew
c)
Scrooge's dad
d)
Scrooge's friend
26.

A possible theme for A Christmas Carol would be...

a)

Might makes right

b)

Money can't buy happiness

c)

Kindness always wins

d)

It is better to give than to receive

27.
Which of the following is true?
a)
Scrooge keeps the Christmas Spirit until his death two years later.
b)
He was nice every Christmas but was still a " man of disciplined business."
c)
He became a second father to Tiny Tim and from that time on keeps the Christmas spirit
d)
He keeps the Christmas spirit and finds even more happiness the next year with a new wife
28.
What is Scrooge's typical response to "Merry Christmas"?
a)
"Bah! Nonsense!"
b)
"Pah! Life's too short!"
c)
"Bah! Humbug!"
d)
"Oh, fiddlesticks!"
29.
What is plot?  
a)
The diagram we write on.
b)
The series of events in a story.
c)
The shape of the stage.
d)
The setting of the story.
30.

Who was Marley?

a)

Scrooge's older brother

b)

Scrooge's business partner

c)

Scrooge's boss

d)

Scrooge's father

31.

What is the setting for this story?

a)

London - Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

b)

London Christmas Day and the Day after Christmas

c)

New York - Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

d)

New York - b

32.
How many spirits does Marley say are going to visit Scrooge?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
33.
Who never speaks in the play?
a)
Ghost of Christmas Present
b)
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
c)
Martha Cratchit
d)
Portly Gentlemen
34.
To whom does Scrooge send the Christmas turkey?
a)
Fred
b)
The Cratchits
c)
Belle
d)
Jacob Marley
35.

Scrooge's nephew came to the office to ________.

a)

ask for money

b)

invite Scrooge to Christmas dinner

c)

invite Scrooge to a pub

d)

ask for a job

36.
What do we know about Scrooge's childhood?
a)
he was lonely
b)
he wasn't a very good reader
c)
he attended a very small school
d)
he had a bad relationship with his sister
37.
Scrooge's main conflict throughout the play is an example of
a)
man versus man
b)
man versus self
c)
man versus nature
d)
man versus society
38.
Whose grave stone did Scrooge see?
a)
Tiny Tim
b)
Bob Cratchit 
c)
Ebenezer Scrooge 
d)
Jacob Marley
39.
What did Scrooge tell Bob Cratchit the day after Christmas?
a)
They would have a party at the shop the next Christmas Eve.
b)
They were going to work shorter days.
c)
He was going to raise Bob’s salary.
d)
Bob should put extra coal on the fire.
40.

"Old Marley was as dead as a doornail."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

41.

"If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet's Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night. . . "

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

42.

"Hard and sharp as flint."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

43.

". . . the houses opposite were mere phantoms."

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

onomatopoeia

44.

"The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down at Scrooge out of a gothic window in the wall . . ."

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

alliteration

d)

allusion

45.

"Piercing, searching, biting cold."

a)

allusion

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

46.

"If the good Saint Dunstan had but nipped the Evil Spirit's nose with a touch of such weather as that. . . then indeed he would have roared to lusty purpose."

a)

allusion

b)

personification

c)

alliteration

d)

metaphor

47.

". . . and yet that face of Marley, seven years dead, came like the ancient Prophet's rod, and swallowed up the whole."

a)

metaphor

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

allusion

48.

'Upon its coming in, the dying flame leapt up, as though it cried, "I know him! Marley's ghost!" and fell again.'

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

49.

"All these boys were in great spirits, and shouted to each other, until the broad fields were so full of merry music, that the crisp air laughed to hear it."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

50.

"Poor Robinson Crusoe, he called him, when he came home again after sailing around the island."

a)

alliteration

b)

allusion

c)

personification

d)

simile

51.

"The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there. . ."

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

allusion

52.

". . .the French plums blushed in modest tartness. . . "

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

53.

"But soon the steeples called good people all, to church and chapel. . ."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

54.

" . . . until the slow potatoes bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan-lid to be let out and peeled."

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

55.

"He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars to walk and blind men to see."

a)

allusion

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

56.

"Miss Cratchitt made the gravy. . . hissing hot."

a)

alliteration

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

57.
What does Scrooge learn about the past?
a)
You can change it
b)
It cannot change
c)
Forgive and forget
d)
Mistakes happen
58.
Scrooge is a representation of 
a)
working hard
b)
business and profit
c)
greed and ignorance
d)
London 
59.
How does he feel about seeing his past?
a)
He isn't really interested
b)
He is excited, but then becomes very sad
c)
He doesn't remember any of it
d)
He is bored and unhappy
60.
Belle leaves Scrooge because
a)
he is too poor
b)
he is too lazy
c)
he is too unkind
d)
he is too  greedy
61.
How many holiday does Scrooge give to Bob each year?
a)
One.
b)
Two.
c)
Three.
d)
ten
62.
How long has Marley been dead?
a)
1 Year
b)
3 Years
c)
7 Years
d)
10 Years

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