A Christmas Carol Unit Test – Class Set
Part I: Mark whether each statement is true or false. If the statement is false, re-write
it to make it a true statement. (2 pts. each)
1) Scrooge and Marley used to be business partners.
A) True
B) False
2) Bob Cratchit is Scrooge's nephew.
A) True
B) False
3) Mr. Fezziwig was kind and generous to his apprentices.
A) True
B) False
4) Scrooge has bitter memories of his younger sister.
A) True
B) False
5) Belle breaks her engagement with Scrooge because he has been secretly seeing another
woman.
A) True
B) False
6) Tiny Tim rides on his father's shoulder because he is so small.
A) True
B) False
7) The Cratchits drink a toast to Scrooge's health.
A) True
B) False
8) Of all the spirits, Scrooge fears the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come the most.
A) True
B) False
9) Mrs. Dilber and two others visit Old Joe to sell items they have stolen from a dead man.
A) True
B) False
10) Scrooge sees the name Jacob Marley on the gravestone in the churchyard.
A) True
B) False
11) Scrooge sends a prize turkey to the Cratchits.
A) True
B) False
12) When Bob Cratchit arrives at work a few minutes late the day after Christmas, Scrooge
finally fires him.
A) True
B) False
13) The ghosts continue to visit Scrooge every year on Christmas Eve.
A) True
B) False
Part II: Multiple Choice - Write the letter of the correct answer. (3 pts. each)
14) At the beginning of the novel, Scrooge refuses to give money to the poor because____.
A) business has been bad
B) no one has asked him for a donation
C) he thinks that people should look after
D) it was his partner's job to give to charity
their own business
15) The face Scrooge sees in the door knocker is that of ____.
A) Bob Cratchit
B) Jacob Marley
C) Tiny Tim
D) The Ghost of Christmas Past
16) Little Fan is ______.
A) Marley's only daughter
C) the child Scrooge sends out to buy a
turkey
B) the youngest of the Cratchit children
D) Scrooge's sister
17) The Children of Man, whom the ghost of Christmas Present shows to Scrooge from
under his robe, represent ______.
A) Peace and Good Will
B) Ignorance and Want
C) Good and Evil
D) Yesterday and Today
18) "...the slow potatoes bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan-lid to be let out and
peeled." This is an example of _____.
A) alliteration
B) personification
C) symbolism
D) dramatic irony
19) "...secret, self-contained, and solitary as an oyster." This is an example of ____.
A) flashback
C) alliteration
B) dramatic irony
D) pun
20) An author begins a story in the present but moves into the past to show the reader
something in the main character's life. This literary technique is called ____.
A) allusion
B) metaphor
C) flashback
D) simile
21) Which of the following is NOT a theme in the story?
A) People must accept responsibility for the B) The ills of society are the product of
well-being of others.
human indifference.
C) Each person has the power and obligation D) Fear is a powerful motivator.
to choose good over evil.
22) Scrooge and his nephew disagreeing about Christmas is an example of ___.
A) internal conflict
B) simile
C) flashback
D) external conflict
23) "In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile." is an example of ____.
A) metaphor
B) irony
C) simile
D) external conflict
24) The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come looks different from the other ghosts because he
___.
A) is short and fat
B) wears a wreath around his neck
C) wears black and glides across the ground D) laughs and weeps constantly
25) The setting of A Christmas Carol is ____.
A) Victorian Era London
B) Scrooge's counting house
C) scenes from Scrooge's life past, present, D) all of the above
and future
26) The conflict that Scrooge faces in Stave I is ___.
A) he will see three spirits
B) he forgot to lock his counting house and is
worried that one of the poor people will
break in
C) he needs to decide if he will let himself D) his Christmas decorations have fallen
end up like Marley or change before it's
down
too late
27) In Stave 3, the Ghost of Christmas Present says to Scrooge, "If he be like to die, he had
better do it and decrease the surplus population." The ghost is talking about Tiny Tim. Why
does this statement hurt Scrooge so much?
A) It is a very cruel thing to say.
B) Scrooge had said the same thing the day
before.
C) The ghost is mean.
D) Scrooge is afraid Tiny Tim will hear the
ghost talking.
28) One example of foreshadowing in Stave 4 is ____.
A) Scrooge has a heart attack
B) Scrooge hears people talking on the street
about a dead man
C) The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come tells D) The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Scrooge he will die
takes off his hood
29) The conflict that is introduced in Stave 1 is resolved in Stave 5. What does Scrooge do to
resolve this conflict?
A) He dies.
B) He fires Bob Cratchit and tells his nephew
to stop visiting him.
C) He removes the door knocker from his
D) He becomes kind and generous and vows
door so it can't turn into the face of Jacob
to always keep Christmas in his heart.
Marley ever again.
30) Why does Scrooge try to extinguish the light emanating from the Ghost of Christmas
Past?
A) Its brightness hurts his eyes.
B) Scrooge doesn’t want to face the truth.
C) The light symbolizes greed.
D) Scrooge is trying to go to sleep.
31) The point of view of the narrator of A Christmas Carol is ___.
A) first person
B) third person limited
C) third person omniscient
D) fourth person
Part III: Short Essay (20 pts.) Answer the following essay question in paragraph format. Make sure your
paragraph response
-answers the question directly and thoroughly,
-contains specific details and examples from the novel,
-contains an opening/topic sentence and concluding/wrap-up sentence, and
-contains little or no errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
Dickens is a master at describing a setting – the time and place in which the action of a story occurs. A
Christmas Carol takes place in several different settings. Which setting left the deepest impression on you?
Identify that setting and explain why you found it so effective.