christmas carol stave 1 quiz

the narrator asserts that we must be sure to understand that which character was dead when the story opens

• bob cratchitt

• jacob marley

• tiny tim

• ebeneezer scrooge

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

who is being described with the following.... "squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret and self-contained and solitary as an oyster"

• ebeneezer scrooge

• jacob marley

• nephew fred

• bob cratchitt

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

who visits scrooge's office to invite him to come to christmas dinner?

• his sister, fan

• his clerk, bob

• his old boss, fezziwig

• his nephew, fred

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

scrooge is visited by "two portly gentlemen" what do they want from him?

• gambling debt he owes

• quarterly tax funds

• money for the poor

• rent for his warehouse

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does scrooge's ghostly visitor in stave 1 wear?

• shoes with gold buckles

• broken down top hat

• chain of cash boxes and ledgers

• medals he won in life

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who said the following... "Business? Mankind was my business! The common welfare was my business. Charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"

• bob cratchitt

• scrooge's nephew, fred

• jacob marley

• ebeneezer scrooge

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In the first stave.... As scrooge's ghostly visitor leaves, Scrooge follows him to the window, "desperate in his curiosity" and looks out. what does he see?

• visions from the past, including his sister

• phantoms and ghosts wrapped in chains and misery

• brightly decorated windows and trees

• his clerk, bob, with his small sick son