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A Christmas Carol Test
1. Which of the spirits does not speak to Scrooge?
(A) The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
(B) The Ghost of Christmas Past
(C) The Ghost of Christmas Present
(D) All the spirits speak to Scrooge.
2. What is Jacob Marley forced to drag about as a result of his sinful life?
(A) A huge safe full of lead
(B) An ox cart piled with gold
(C) Heavy chains forged from ledgers and lockboxes
(D) A cross made of gold
3. Why does Scrooge like darkness?
(A) It helps him sleep.
(B) It helps him to forget his past.
(C) It hides the ghosts from his eyes.
(D) It is cheap.
4. Where does Martha work?
(A) At a seamstress'
(B) At a laundress'
(C) At a blacksmith's
(D) At a milliner's
5. Who is in the grave in Stave Four?
(A) Ebenezer Scrooge
(B) Jacob Marley
(C) Bob Cratchit
(D) Tiny Tim
6. In what year was A Christmas Carol written?
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(A) 1830
(B) 1837
(C) 1843
(D) 1846
7. Which character is Fred's mother?
(A) Mrs. Cratchit
(B) Fan
(C) Belle
(D) Fezziwig
8. Why does Belle end her engagement to Scrooge?
(A) Because she falls in love with Fred
(B) Because she falls in love with Peter
(C) Because Scrooge is too poor for her
(D) Because Scrooge is consumed by greed
9. What is the Ghost of Christmas Present's throne made of?
(A) Food
(B) Gold
(C) Pine needles
(D) Fur
10. To whom does Scrooge send the Christmas turkey?
(A) Fred
(B) Belle
(C) The Cratchits
(D) Jacob Marley
11. Who brings Scrooge home from school?
(A) Belle
(B) Fan
(C) Fezziwig
(D) The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
12. Which one of the spirits has a glowing head?
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(A) The Ghost of Christmas Present
(B) Jacob Marley
(C) The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
(D) The Ghost of Christmas Past
13. Who appears in Scrooge's door-knocker?
(A) Jacob Marley's ghost
(B) Fan's ghost
(C) Death
(D) The Ghost of Christmas Past
14. How does Fezziwig die?
(A) He falls ill with pneumonia.
(B) He is struck in the head by a horse's hoof.
(C) Fezziwig does not die in the novel.
(D) Fezziwig does die in the novel, but the manner of his death is unspecified.
15. Which spirit takes Scrooge to a ship at sea?
(A) The Ghost of Christmas Past
(B) The Ghost of Christmas Present
(C) The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
16. Who inherits Bob Cratchit's shirt?
(A) Tiny Tim
(B) Scrooge
(C) Fred
(D) Peter
17. Who asks Scrooge for a charitable contribution?
(A) Two merry gentlemen
(B) Two portly gentlemen
(C) Two obsequious gentlemen
(D) Two angry gentlemen
18. What is Scrooge's typical response to "Merry Christmas"?
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(A) "Bah! Nonsense!"
(B) "Pah! Life's too short!"
(C) "Bah! Humbug!"
(D) "Oh, fiddlesticks!"
19. Which character utters the famous words, "God bless us, Every one"?
(A) Tiny Tim
(B) Bob Cratchit
(C) Scrooge
(D) The Ghost of Christmas Present
20. Who is the author of “A Christmas Carol”?
(A) O. Henry
(B) Charles Dickens
(C) Washington Irving
(D) William Shakespeare