A Christmas Carol: Staves IV and V
Surprise!!!!!
Choose the best answer to each question. Write the letter of the answer on the answer
sheet using a printed, capital letter.
1- When Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, Scrooge
A- was angry
B- was tired of meeting with the ghosts and wanted to go home
C- was frightened but knew that it was necessary to go with him
D- was perplexed by the ghost’s reason for meeting with him
2- The reader can infer that the men talking about the funeral were talking about
A- Ebenezer Scrooge
B- Jacob Marley
C- Bob Cratchit
D- Tiny Tim
3- The Charwoman, the laundress and the Undertaker’s man had all met at Old Joe’s
shop to
A- sell the things they no longer needed
B- sell the things that they had bought at a thrift shop
C- sell the things they stole from the dead man’s body and home
D- to buy used things that they needed because they were so poor
4- Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow:
“… ‘I don’t know. But before that time we shall be ready with the money
and even though we were not, it would be a bad fortune indeed to find so
merciless a creditor in his successor…’”
The quote infers that
A- the debtors were saved for the time being
B- the people didn’t have to pay back the money they owed
C- Caroline and her husband had to pay back the money immediately
D- The debtors had such bad fortune that they had to go to debtors’ prison
5- The death of Tiny Tim allows Scrooge
A- to apologize to Bob Cratchit for being so mean
B- to see how a funeral was conducted by the poor
C- to see how people react when someone who has given them love dies
D- to see the anger of Mrs. Cratchit at the way Scrooge treats Bob
6- After the visit to the Cratchit’s house, the Spirit wants to lead Scrooge one way,
but Scrooge wanted to go to see
A- where he was to be buried
B- his future self at his workplace
C- his home
D- his friend Jacob Marley
7- Scrooge says, “… ‘Men’s courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which , if
persevered in, they must lead…But if the courses be departed from, the ends will
change. Say it is thus with what you show me!’…”
This means:
A- That which is foreshadowed is that which is, no matter what happens in
the future.
B- People need to follow the paths that fate has laid out for them, and these
paths cannot be changed.
C- People’s actions lead to certain ends, but if someone changes his behavior,
won’t the end be changed as well?
D- If a person does not change his ways, his path is not secured.
8- Scrooge realizes who the dead man on the bed was when
A- the Spirit tells him
B- he reads the obituary in the newspaper
C- he uncovers the body
D- he reads the tombstone
9- The Spirit leaves Scrooge
A- in the graveyard
B- in the ‘Change
C- in Scrooge’s bedroom
D- at Scrooge’s countinghouse
10- Scrooge has decided by the time the third spirit leaves him that he will
A- continue to contribute to the workhouses and prisons
B- send the Cratchits Christmas gifts
C- change his ways
D- become a minister to make up for all the time he was cruel.
11- At first, Scrooge finds it difficult to
A- get dressed
B- locate Jacob Marley
C- ice skate
D- be merry
12- Scrooge asks the boy in the courtyard what day it is because:
A- the boy was trespassing and he wanted to make him nervous
B- the boy had knocked at the door asking if he could help Scrooge.
C- Scrooge didn’t know how long he had been with the spirits.
D- Scrooge was afraid that the spirits were watching him still.
13- The boy tells Scrooge that it is
A- New Year’s Eve
B- Christmas Eve
C- Christmas Monday
D- Christmas Day
14- Scrooge decides to send the Cratchits
A- A giant goose
B- A huge turkey
C- A capon
D- Presents
15- When he is in the street, Scrooge meet up with
A- the portly gentleman to whom he refused to give money
B- his nephew Fred who invited him to dinner
C- Bob Cratchit on his way to the office
D- The businessman who was talking about him with the Ghost of Christmas
Yet To Come
16- When Scrooge arrives at Fred’s house
A- No one is home
B- Fred and the niece welcome him in
C- They refuse to let him in because he had been so rude
D- He doesn’t go to Fred’s house
17- The next morning, Scrooge arrives early at the office
A- to be sure he is there before Bob
B- to get ready to fire Bob
C- to ridicule Bob
D- to prove the Spirits were right about him
18- At First, Bob thinks
A- Scrooge is angry with him
B- The Spirits were unsuccessful in their quest with Scrooge
C- That his family will lose a considerable amount of money with this new
version of Scrooge
D- Scrooge has lost his mind
19- In the end, Scrooge gives Bob
A- presents for his children
B- a raise
C- advice on raising Tiny Tim
D- a turkey with razzleberry dressing
20- The theme of the story is that
A- we must help each other or we won’t find true happiness
B- we must give to the poor to eliminate the poorhouses
C- we must help other people or we will be punished
D- we need to look out or the Spirits will haunt us as well