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Christmans Carol Review
Questions related to the story "A Christmas Carol" 6th grade level
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12/16/2004

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What was the main idea (what this section was mainly about) in Stave One?
Definition
the visit of Marley's Ghost
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Who was Scrooge's partner?
Definition
Jacob Marley
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When Scrooge's nephew stopped by to see Scrooge, what did he ask of him?
Definition
to invite Scrooge to Christmas dinner
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At the time the story took place, Marley had been dead how many years?
Definition
seven years
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The door-knocker on Scrooge's front door suddenly looked like...
Definition
Jacob Marley's face
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What did Scrooge think he saw when he climbed the stairs?
Definition
a hearse
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What happened just before Jacob Marley's ghost appeared?
Definition
bells rang all over the house
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What did Scrooge ask Marley when he appeared?
Definition
"Dreadful apparition, why do you trouble me?
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Marley tells Scrooge that he will be visited by whom?
Definition
three spirits
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What did Scrooge mean when he said "Humbug" whenever people wished him a Merry Christmas?
Definition
Christmas was nonsensical (it had no importance or value)
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What did Scrooge mean when he told Jacob Marley, "There's more of gravy than of grave about you."?
Definition
he was seeing things because his stomach was upset
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What did the chain of items that Marley wore represent?
Definition
a reminder of what he had cared most about in life
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How did Scrooge's nephew feel about Christmas?
Definition
it was a happy time of the year
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After Marley's ghost left, how did Scrooge feel?
Definition
afraid
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Why did Marley's ghost visit Scrooge?
Definition
to persuade Scrooge to change his life for the better
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If Marley's Ghost had not come to visit, Scrooge would probably have spent his evening how?
Definition
as he always did
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Why did Scrooge have such a small fire in his fireplace?
Definition
becuase he was stingy and didn't want to waste coal
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Why did Scrooge recognize some of the phantoms (ghosts) outside his window?
Definition
they had been businessmen like himself
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What was the main idea (what this section was mainly about) in Stave Two about?
Definition
the visit of the Ghost of Christmas Past
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What time was it when the first ghost came to visit Scrooge?
Definition
the clock struck 12
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What was the strangest thing about the Ghost of Christmas Past?
Definition
it seemed to change shape
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Where did the Ghost of Christmas Past take Scrooge?
Definition
where Scrooge had grown up
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Who in came to take young Scrooge home?
Definition
a little girl, his sister
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Scrooge was an apprentice to whom?
Definition
Mr. Fezziwig
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Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig good at what?
Definition
good at dancing
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What does the Ghost of Christmas Past show Scrooge when he was in the prime of his life?
Definition
Scrooge sitting with a young girl
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What did Scrooge do when he struggle with the Ghost of Christmas Past?
Definition
extinguish its light by pulling the cap over its head
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Why did Scrooge want to see the Ghost of Christmas Past with its cap on?
Definition
Scrooge did not want to look at the past
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As a child, Scrooge liked to read why?
Definition
he could escape to a fantasy world
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Why was Scrooge's engagement broken?
Definition
Scrooge loved money more than his fiance
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How did Scrooge fee about Christmas with the Fezziwigs?
Definition
The happiness created was well worth the cost.
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What feelings did Scrooge not feel as he saw some of his Christmases past?
Definition
hatred
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When the Ghost of Christmas Past said, "My time grows short. Quick," to whom was it speaking?
Definition
Scrooge
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Why did Scrooge want the Ghost of Christmas Past to take him away?
Definition
watching the happiness of the young family hurt him and made him realize what he had lost
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What was the Ghost of Christmas Past trying to show Scrooge?
Definition
It was trying to show Scrooge why he did not like Christmas, he did not always dislike Christmas, and how wonderful Christmas could be.
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What is the main idea of stave 2 about?
Definition
the visit of the Ghost of Christmas Present
Term
The second spirit came when the clock struck _____________.
Definition
1
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What was different about the room where Scrooge met the second Spirit?
Definition
the room was filled with green leaves, berries, and lots of food
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What did the second spirit look like?
Definition
a giant
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What did the second spirit wear?
Definition
a simple green robe bordered with fur
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Which of the following places did the second Spirit take Scrooge?
Definition
a city street
Bob Cratchit's house
the grocer's establishmetn
his nephew's Christmas dinner
Term
What did Tiny Tim wear on his leg?
Definition
a iron leg brace
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