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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name on the tombstone that Scrooge finds himself at?
(a) Bob Cratchit.
(b) Jacob Marley.
(c) Timothy Cratchit.
(d) Ebenezer Scrooge.

2. How does Scrooge feel toward the third Spirit?
(a) He believes he can trick the Spirit into leaving him alone.
(b) He is eager to learn the Spirit's lesson.
(c) He is tired of having so many visitors.
(d) He is anxious to get back home.

3. Who does Scrooge decide that he would like to catch a glimpse of now that he has recognized that he is seeing the future?
(a) Himself.
(b) Tiny Tim.
(c) Jacob Marley.
(d) Bob Cratchit.

4. Which of the following does NOT describe the Scrooge's second visitor?
(a) He wore holly in a wreath on his head.
(b) He had bare feet.
(c) He was wearing a green robe.
(d) He had short, red hair.

5. How long does the Spirit say that his earthly life will last?
(a) One week.
(b) Forever.
(c) One day.
(d) One hour.

6. Which of the following best describes the laundress that Scrooge sees in town?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Sorrowful.
(c) Honest.
(d) Confused.

7. Fill in the blank: What message does the Cratchit family embrace? That even in _______ there is hope.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Death.

8. How does Scrooge react to the news of Tim's future?
(a) He is proud.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is apathetic.
(d) He is ashamed.

9. Where is Scrooge when he realizes that in the future he will be dead?
(a) At the courts.
(b) In his office.
(c) In the cemetary.
(d) Lying in bed.

10. What has changed about the Cratchit family during the visit with the third Spirit?
(a) Bob no longer works for Ebenezer Scrooge.
(b) They no longer believe in Christmas.
(c) They are no longer poor.
(d) They are no longer happy.

11. When the Spirit takes Scrooge to see the Cratchits, which character has died?
(a) Martha Cratchit.
(b) Tiny Tim Cratchit.
(c) Peter Cratchit.
(d) Bob Cratchit.

12. What is Mrs. Cratchit preparing for their Christmas meal?
(a) Goose.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Pheasant.
(d) Dove.

13. How does the crowd respond to Fred's wishing of Scrooge's Christmas?
(a) With disagreement.
(b) No one hears him.
(c) With apathy.
(d) With agreement.

14. Who says the line "Let me see some tenderness connected with a death" ?
(a) Jacob Marley.
(b) Ebenezer Scrooge.
(c) Bob Cratchit.
(d) Tiny Tim.

15. Whose home does the second visitor first take Scrooge to?
(a) Old Fezziwig's.
(b) Jacob Marley's.
(c) Bob Cratchit's.
(d) His nephew Fred's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the spirit tell Scrooge will happen to Tim?

2. Who asks the Spirit if these events are the things that "Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?"

3. In response to the death in the family, which character reacts generously to the family?

4. What does Scrooge see in all the Christmases that he visited with the Spirit?

5. What is Tim's attitude to being ill?

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