Name ____________________________
A Christmas Carol Review
1. How many years ago did Marley die?
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1
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7
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14
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21
2. Over how many nights do the ghosts visit Scrooge?
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1
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2
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3
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4
3. How is the Ghost of Christmas Past represented?
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As a girl with a doll
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As a small, elderly man
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As a jolly giant
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As a silent phantom
4. How is the Ghost of Christmas Present represented?
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As an invisible specter
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As a small, elderly man
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As Fezziwig
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As a silent phantom
Per. __________
Name ____________________________
Per. __________
5. How is the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come represented?
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As an invisible specter
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As a small, elderly man
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As a jolly giant
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As a silent phantom
6. Who is Scrooge's nephew?
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Fred
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Tiny Tim
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Cratchit
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Fezziwig
7. Who is Scrooge's sister?
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Belle
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Mrs. Cratchit
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Mrs. Fezziwig
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Fan
8. Who was Scrooge's sweetheart?
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Belle
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Mrs. Cratchit
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Mrs. Fezziwig
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Fan
Name ____________________________
Per. __________
9. Who is Scrooge's employee?
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Fred
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Tiny Tim
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Cratchit
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Fezziwig
10. Who is Scrooge's employee's crippled son?
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Fred
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Tiny Tim
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Cratchit
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Fezziwig
11. What saying of Tiny Tim's is repeated in the final line of the
novella?
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"God bless Us, Every One!"
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"The Spirit Lives within Us"
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"I Love Christmas"
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"Spare change, Guv'nor?"
12. Which ghost wears a long chain made of cash-boxes, keys,
padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses?
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The Ghost of Christmas Present
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Marley
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The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come
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The Ghost of Christmas Past
Name ____________________________
Per. __________
13. What are the two children called who crawl out from the
under the robes of the Ghost of Christmas Present?
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Dumbness and Lack
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Rage and Indigence
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Ignorance and Hunger
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Stupidity and Poverty
14. What, according to Marley, was his "business"?
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Debt
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Mankind
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Money
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Men
15. Who was Scrooge's employer when he was younger?
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Cratchit's father
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Belle
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Fezziwig
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Fan
16. Infer - what is Scrooge's job?
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Lawyer
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Writer
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Politician
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Creditor
Name ____________________________
Per. __________
17. What does Scrooge send to Cratchit's house on Christmas
Day?
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Flowers
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A turkey
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A chicken
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Potatoes
18. Whose party does Scrooge attend on Christmas Day?
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Cratchit's
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Fezziwig's
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Fan's
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Fred's
19. Who dies or has died in the vision of the future?
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Tiny Tim

Scrooge
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No one
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Scrooge and Tiny Tim
20. What is the name of Victorian England's welfare laws?
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The Out Laws
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The Welfare Laws
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The Poor Laws
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The Laws Against Nature
Name ____________________________
Per. __________
21. Where are the Victorian poor sent to work?
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Manchester
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Prisons
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Workhouses
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Brighton
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22. Whose dead body did the workers in scene 5 steal from?
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Cratchit's
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Fred's
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Tiny Tim's
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Scrooge's
1. What is the author’s purpose for writing A Christmas Carol?
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2. Why did Scrooge react the way he did when he found out Tiny Tim was dead in scene
5?
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3. Why do you think the Spirit of Christmas Present came to Scrooge in the form of
Fezziwig?
Name ____________________________
Per. __________
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4. How does Scrooge feel about the poor? Explain.
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5. How did Scrooge’s past affect his future? Explain.
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6. What did the Spirit of Christmas Present mean when he said “A world away, Scrooge,
at least that far”? Explain.
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7. Who is Jacob Marley? Why did he come to visit Scrooge?
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