Name______! Study Guide for Mid-term Exam ! 1. How did the atmosphere in Fezziwig’s office on Christmas Eve differ from the atmosphere in ’s office on Christmas Eve? Fezziwig’s office was more festive and fun; Scrooge’s office was dreary and ! depressing. 2. Characters in a story are often different. How was Scrooge’s nephew, Fred, most different from Scrooge? ! Fred was happier and excited about Christmas. 3. Marley was bound by a chain. What did the chain symbolize? ! The chain was punishment for how Marley actives when he was alive. 4. The author described Scrooge as a very cold, unfeeling man. What is a detail from the story that best supports this description? Scrooge gave Marley a cheap funeral; he did not want to donate to charity; he did not ! want to give Cratchit the day off. 5. What is the setting when the takes Scrooge on his journey? ! Places from Scrooge’s childhood and young adult life 6. Marley’s ghost said Scrooge would receive visitors. Who were those visitors? ! Three spirits: Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future 7. The scene at Old Fezziwig’s caused Scrooge to realize what? ! Scrooge realized he has not treated his employee well. 8. How did Scrooge’s attitude change when he recognized people from his past? ! He felt happy to see people from his past, but he regretted his behavior. 9. Which choice best describes the relationship between Scrooge and Marley? ! They were friends and business partners. 10. What is a detail from the story that best shows how Scrooge started to change when he saw his old friends? ! Answers will vary. 11. What does the following line spoken by Marley's ghost mean? "I wear the chains I forged in life." ! He is a prisoner in death based on his actions while he was alive. 12. Theme is a message the author shares about life. What is one theme of A Christmas Carol? ! The way you treat others can impact one’s future. 13. We walk through life as “fellow passengers to the grave,” as Scrooge’s nephew Fred points out. Fred most likely means? ! At some point all of us will die. 14. Scrooge said, "Spirit, I fear you more than any SPECTER I have seen." The word SPECTER means: ! Ghost 15. 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…" ! Even though they were poor, the family was rich in love and gratitude. ! 16. “Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, ! scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!” In the context of the passage, the word “tight-fisted” means stingy ! 17. What is a statement from the story that BEST explains the effect of Scrooge’s personality? ! Answers will vary. ! 18. “No warmth could warm, nor wintry weather chill him.” This is an example of alliteration. ! 19. When Scrooge goes to his rooms for the night, what actions show he is uneasy? He looks behind his door for Marley’s image, he looks in rooms and under furniture, and he inspects all the pictures on the walls.

20. A Christmas Carol was written by . ! 21. Why does Scrooge’s Love end her engagement to him? ! He is no longer the man she fell in love with—-he is consumed by greed. 22. What textual evidence supports your answer to the previous question? “Have I not seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you?…You are changed.”

23. Two gentlemen approach Scrooge at the beginning of the play; one of them sates, “At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge, it is more than usually desirable that we should make ! some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time.” What is the gentleman trying to convince Scrooge?

! To donate money to charity 24. What are some quotations from the text that support the characterization of Scrooge at the beginning of the story as a man who values money above all else. Choose all that apply. Answers will vary. ! 25. From the story, “Fezziwig had the power to make us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. The happiness he gave is quite as great as if it cost him a fortune.”

By Scrooge’s words, what lesson did Fezziwig teach him as a young man? ! He learned the value of treating others with compassion and decency. 26. When he meets the Ghost of Christmas Present, what does Scrooge say that shows he is already beginning to change? ! “Tonight, if have aught to teach me, let me profit by it.” 27. Which quote from Marley best summarizes the theme of this story? ! “…the gift of goodness one feels in the giving is full of life.” 28. Why does Fred intend to invite his Uncle Scrooge to Christmas dinner each year? ! Scrooge reminds Fred of his mother. 29. What textual evidence supports your answer to the previous question? “I see my dear and perfect mother’s face on his own…I cannot erase that from each ! view of him I take.” 30. Whose death does the Ghost of Christmas Future show Scrooge after he asks it to show him “some tenderness connected with death”? ! Tiny Tim