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- 1. Multiple Choice
What can the reader infer is the author’s message in the following passage:
“They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from waterproof; their clothes were scanty…but they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another, and contented with the time…”
Although the family is poor, they are also foolish and they deserve what they get.
Although the family is poor, they are also cruel and vicious to others.
Although the family is poor, they are also rich in love and gratitude
Although the family is wealthy, they are lacking in love.
- 2. Multiple Choice
No matter how rude Scrooge behaves towards his nephew, Fred continues to be kind to him. After seeing Scrooge’s past, the reader can infer he behaves this way because (choose two answers):
Fred wants to kill him with kindness.
Fred knows how much his mother loved her brother (Scrooge) and he wants to honour her now that she is gone.
Fred promised his wife he would always be kind to Scrooge.
Fred realizes that he is Scrooge’s long lost son.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the theme of “A Christmas Carol”?
Everyone has the power to change.
Money alone cannot buy happiness.
Money can buy happiness.
Everyone has the power to change, and money alone cannot buy happiness.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was the main reason Marley’s ghost visited Scrooge?
To visit with his old friend.
To alert him to an accounting error.
To warn him about his fate.
To bring him a Christmas gift.
- 5. Multiple Choice
How did the atmosphere is Fezziwig’s office on Christmas Eve differ from the atmosphere in Scrooge’s office on Christmas Eve?
It was more festive and fun.
It was darker and colder.
It was full of needy people.
It was completely empty.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Setting is where a story takes place. What is the setting when the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge on a journey?
Scrooge’s first law office
Places from Scrooge’s childhood
A field in the country
The home Marley grew up in.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What did Scrooge learn from The Ghost of Christmas Future?
What he was missing out on in life.
He will die old and lonely if he doesn’t change.
How much he used to enjoy life and being around people.
All of the above.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does the following line spoken by Marley's ghost mean? "I wear the chains I forged in life."
He loved his job while he was alive.
He is a prisoner in death to the life he lived on Earth.
He wishes he had worked more before his death.
He was an iron worker who made chains.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Throughout the Ghost of Future's visit we infer that Scrooge is the dead man in all the scenes. What happens to confirm our assumptions that Scrooge is indeed the dead man to whom everyone is referring?
We see his obituary listed in the local paper.
Scrooge lifts the sheet from the dead man's face as the Ghost of Future requested.
The Ghost of Future shows Scrooge his head stone.
The town celebrates with a Scrooge is dead party.
- 10. Multiple Choice
“Latch the door, Cratchit! Firmly, firmly. Draft as cold as Christmas blowing in here.” This is an example of which literary device?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
- 11. Multiple Choice
"Marley is as dead as a doornail," is an example of what figurative language?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
- 12. Multiple Choice
"It was bleak biting weather," is an example of what figurative language?
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
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