A Christmas Carol - Stave One
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Stave One of A Christmas Carol
- 1.
- A.
At midnight
- B.
On Christmas Eve at midnight
- C.
The next day, when the bell tolle "One."
- 2.
- A.
He saw an image of Marley
- B.
He saw the bell illuminate
- C.
He saw the bell begin to swing and ring.
- 3.What happened as right after the ghost of Marley removed the bandage from his head?
- A.
His head fell off
- B.
Scrooge became scared and hid under the bed
- C.
His lower jaw dropped to his chest
- 4.Where did the ghost of Marley sit?
- A.
On Scrooge's bed
- B.
He was floating on the air
- C.
On the opposite side of the fireplace from Scrooge
- 5.How does the Christmas Eve weather help set the mood for the setting in Stave One?
- A.
It shows a sad setting in the story
- B.
It shows gloominess in the story
- C.
It shows fear in the story
- 6.How is the weather described in Stave one?
- A.
Dark, humid and foggy
- B.
Cold, bleak, biting, and foggy
- C.
Nippy and breezy
- 7.What must the reader understand before the story has meaning?
- A.
That Ebenezer Scrooge was a grumpy, greedy man.
- B.
That Marley was dead
- C.
That Christmas is about giving
- 8.What is Marley's purpose in the story?
- A.
To warn Scrooge of his future is he does not change his ways.
- B.
To warn Scrooge about the coming of the spirits.
- C.
Both a and b are correct
- 9.How are Marley and Scrooge ALIKE?
- A.
They are both businessmen, greedy and wealthy
- B.
They are both alive and have a business together
- C.
They both have families that care for them
- 10.How are Scrooge and Marley different?
- A.
Marley values helping others and Scrooge sees no reason to help others
- B.
Marley is greedy and Scrooge is not
- C.
Marley does not care for the business and Scrooge does
- 11.What does the narrator mean when he says,"Marley was dead as a doornail?"
- A.
He means Marley looked like a doornail once he died
- B.
He was comparing Marley being dead to a doornail.
- C.
He was trying to be funny.
- 12.What figurative language is the narrator using when he says, "Marley was dead as a doornail."
- A.
Metaphor
- B.
Alliteration
- C.
Simile
- 13.
- A.
He went to the livingroom to start the fire in the fireplace
- B.
He went to sit by the fireplace
- C.
He went straight to bed and fell asleep
- 14.How was the character of Scrooge described in the beginning of Stave One?
- A.
Sad, lonely, old man
- B.
Cold, heartless, selfish, uncaring
- C.
Mean and scary
- 15.What did Scrooge say when his nephew greeted him?
- A.
"Bah! Humbug!"
- B.
"What are you doing here?"
- C.
"Keep Christmas your own way and let me keep it in mine."
- 16.Who came through Scrooge's heavy, locked door?
- A.
The Ghost of Christmas Present
- B.
The Ghost of Christmas Past
- C.
Marley's ghost
- 17.What signals did Charles Dickens use to let the reader know that Scrooge will have an unusual evening?
- A.
Having Scrooge see the image of Marley on his door knocker.
- B.
Having Scrooge hear moaning sounds, clanking chains, and ringing bells without an explanation of who was making the sounds.
- C.
Both a and b are correct
- 18."Scrooge never painted out old Marley's name. There it stood, years afterward, above the warehouse door: Scrooge and Marley. The firm was known as Scrooge and Marley." What does the word firm mean?
- A.
Studio
- B.
Business
- C.
Office
- 19.Who signed the register of Marley's burial?
- A.
Mr. Scrooge
- B.
Marley's wife
- C.
Marley's nephew
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