WorksheetsA Christmas Carol, Play, Final
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Which ghost does Scrooge meet first?
a)
Jacob Marley
b)
The Ghost of Christmas Past
c)
The Ghost of Christmas Present
d)
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
2.
2. Where is the setting of the play?
a)
New York, 1910
b)
London, 1960
c)
London, 1843
d)
New York, 1810
3.
3. What is one thing that the Ghost of Christmas Past shows to Scrooge?
a)
His own gravestone
b)
The Cratchit family's Christmas dinner, toasting Scrooge
c)
Scrooge as a child being left alone at his boarding school over Christmas break.
d)
The Cratchit family mourning over the death of Tiny Tim.
4.
4. What is something that the Ghost of Christmas Present shows to Scrooge?
a)
Scrooge as a young man having a party with Fezziwig.
b)
Scrooge's own gravestone.
c)
Scrooge's fiancé, Belle, breaking up with him at Christmastime.
d)
The Cratchit family's Christmas dinner, toasting Scrooge.
5.
5. Why does the Ghost of Christmas Present show Scrooge the Cratchit family?
a)
They are poor, but also happy, grateful and content.
b)
They are very handsome and well-dressed
c)
They are the richest family on the block, but they are still happy, unlike Scrooge.
d)
They are highly special and great singers.
6.
6. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
Scrooge's things being stolen and sold after his death.
b)
Fred's Christmas party, where they make a toast to his uncle Scrooge
c)
Scrooge's dead body lying under a blanket.
d)
Scrooge's own gravestone
7.
7. Which Ghost never speaks?
a)
Jacob Marley
b)
The Ghost of Christmas Past
c)
The Ghost of Christmas Present
d)
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
8.
8. Among the four Ghosts, whose time on Earth is the shortest, before he fades away and dies?
a)
Jacob Marley
b)
The Ghost of Christmas Past
c)
The Ghost of Christmas Present
d)
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
9.
9. Who said, "I wear the chain I forged in life, I made it link by link and yard by yard"?
a)
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
b)
The Ghost of Christmas Present
c)
Scrooge
d)
Jacob Marley
10.
10. What is one reason that Christmas Eve is especially difficult for Scrooge?
a)
Jacob Marley died on that date seven years ago.
b)
His father yelled at him on that day when he was a child.
c)
His favorite cricket team lost on that date last year.
d)
Scrooge remembers being homeless on Christmas eve when he was a child.
11.
11. Whose welfare/well-being is Scrooge most concerned about at play's end, besides himself?
a)
Fred
b)
Tiny Tim
c)
Scrooge
d)
Bob Cratchit's wife
12.
12. What does Scrooge do for Bob at the end of the play, when he arrives late to work the day after Christmas?
a)
He yells at him, and tells him he will be fired if he is late again.
b)
He is calm, but tells Bob not to be late again.
c)
He vows to raise Bob's salary and help his struggling family.
d)
He tells Bob that he will pay off his mortgage and debts in the future.
13.
13. When the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge the future where he dies, what has happened to Scrooge's things?
a)
Several people, including Mrs. Dilber, came in and stole them.
b)
He donated them to the poor.
c)
They just sat in his house and rotted away to dust.
d)
A new family moved into his house and used all of his old things.
14.
14. What is Scrooge's first name?
a)
Nebakanezer
b)
Edmund
c)
Eustice
d)
Ebenezer
15.
15. Which of these things is NOT true about Bob Cratchit?
a)
He is an underpaid clerk who works for Scrooge.
b)
He is Scrooge's nephew, the son of Scrooge's sister Fan.
c)
He has a large family, with several children to care for.
d)
He has a son named Tiny Tim.
16.
16. Who invites Scrooge to have Christmas dinner with them at the beginning of the play?
a)
His nephew, Fred
b)
Bob Cratchit
c)
The Thin Man and the Portly Man
d)
His ex-fiancé, Belle
17.
17. At one point in the play, the Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge two shriveled and starving children who are hiding underneath his robe. He tells Scrooge to beware of them both. What are these two children called?
a)
The boy is called Ignorance, and the girl is Want
b)
The boy is called Struggle and the girl is called Strife
c)
The boy is called Poverty and the girl is called Stupidity
d)
The boy is called William and the girl is called Ingrid
18.
18. Scrooge's favorite reply and catchphrase is, "Bah! Humbug!" It means______________.
a)
Go home!
b)
Nonsense!
c)
Pay what you owe me.
d)
Fantastic!
19.
19. How are stage directions usually written or presented?
a)
Inside square brackets [ ] and with italics
b)
With bold lettering and in CAPITAL LETTERS
c)
With italics and in CAPITAL LETTERS
d)
Inside square brackets [ ] and with bold lettering
20.
20. How is the play/drama introduced, and who acts as the narrator?
a)
Scrooge appears and introduces the play
b)
Jacob Marley introduces the play and provides details about Scrooge.
c)
3 ghosts appear and each tells a bit about the play
d)
Charles Dickens, the author, gives an overview of the play.
21.
21. At the end of the play, Scrooge has changed in all of these ways, EXCEPT:
a)
He decides to find his old fiancé, Belle, and marry her.
b)
He becomes a second father to Tiny Tim
c)
He keeps Christmas as well or better than any one in the city of London
d)
He is a good friend and master
22.
22. Which character says, "God bless us, every one!" at the end of the play?
a)
Bob Cratchit
b)
Tiny Tim
c)
Scrooge
d)
Fred (Scrooge's nephew)
23.
23. Scrooge, at the end of the play, does all of these things EXCEPT:
a)
He gives a large turkey to the Cratchit family
b)
He makes a generous donation to the Thin man and the Portly man to support the poor
c)
He attends a Christmas morning church service
d)
He goes to his nephew Fred's Christmas dinner that he was invited to.
24.
24. Why does the ghost of Jacob Marley wear chains?
a)
All ghosts wear chains in the afterlife
b)
He died in a shipyard, when a chain wrapped around him.
c)
He is being punished in the afterlife for the bad things he did when he was alive.
d)
He was a metalworker in his life, so he wears a chain that he had been making.
25.
25. Which statement or theme best shows the overall message of the play?
a)
The only way for people to change is by being scared or threatened into doing it.
b)
Older people can never change, because they are too stuck in their ways.
c)
Big families always have problems, and deserve special attention.
d)
It's never too late to transform or change, and people should be kind and generous.
26.
Who was the author of, "A Christmas Carol"?
a)
Jeff Kinney
b)
Charles Dickens
c)
Ebenezer Scrooge
d)
J.K. Rowling
27.
Why does the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come show Old Joe and Mrs. Dilber to Scrooge in the second act of the play?
a)
They were the only ones who cried at his funeral
b)
They were his aunt and uncle
c)
They stole his things after he died, and sold them for money
d)
They were both people who were fired by Scrooge at one point
28.
Why does the Ghost of Christmas Present say that he has over 1800 brothers?
a)
He is trying to brag, and make a joke
b)
He considers himself to be "brothers" with everyone who has the Christmas Spirit
c)
He is related to everyone in London
d)
There have been 1843 Christmases by this point in history
29.
At the beginning of the play, what is Scrooge's attitude towards the poor?
a)
He thinks they belong in prisons and workhouses
b)
He is kind and generous to them
c)
He cares very little about them, but gives a small donation to them anyway
d)
He likes to kick them and hit them on the streets wherever he goes.
30.
Why does Scrooge panic when he is with the Ghost of Christmas Past?
a)
He is mortal, and afraid to fly because he could fall.
b)
He thinks that this is still the ghost of Jacob Marley
c)
Scrooge knows that he is about to die
d)
None of the ghosts can speak, and that bothers him.
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