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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of miners do Scrooge and the Spirit visit?

2. Where does Scrooge believe that he should be at that time of day, in the future?

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

4. Who does Scrooge decide that he would like to catch a glimpse of now that he has recognized that he is seeing the future?

5. What does the third Spirit say to Scrooge when he sees him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clings to the robe of the second spirit?

2. What does Scrooge see when he enters the cemetery?

3. What does the Spirit inform Scrooge is the fate of Tiny Tim?

4. What are the businessmen in the stock exchange discussing?

5. What is the state of Tiny Tim?

6. What does Scrooge see when he visits the family eating dinner at the table?

7. What other Christmases does the second Spirit take Scrooge to witness?

8. What happens when Scrooge awakens thinking he will soon see the second visitor?

9. What has changed about the Cratchit family when Scrooge is taken to revisit them?

10. What question did Scrooge have for the third Spirit when they were standing in the cemetery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Take some time to compare / contrast the three main spirits that come to visit Scrooge. What is the same about them? What is different? Why do you think it was important that Scrooge meet all three of them, rather than just one?

Essay Topic 2

There were three spirits that came to visit Scrooge. Describe the third spirit and what he symbolized. What did he take Scrooge to see? How did his visit affect the change in Scrooge's character?

Essay Topic 3

In the opening chapter, the reader is introduces to Bob Cratchit and his relationship with Ebenezer Scrooge.

Part 1.) Compare/contrast the two men as they are presented in the beginning of the novel

Part 2.) Explain the working relationship between the two men.

Part 3.) Briefly theorize why Bob Cratchit chose to continue working in this environment.

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