"A Christmas Carol" Act I

London, England on Christmas Eve 1843

New York City on Christmas Eve 1843

New York City on Christmas Eve 1943

London, England on Christmas Eve 1943

c. Scrooge likes cold, dark winter days.

b. Scrooge was a good friend to Marley.

a. Scrooge often gives money to the poor.

d. Scrooge is a solitary, miserly man.

d. He actually enjoys Christmas and only pretends to dislike it.

c. He feels sad at Christmas because Marley died on Christmas Eve.

a. He believes that Christmas is for children and that adults should not celebrate it.

b. He cares only for making money and considers Christmas an interruption.

It was to symbol that he was a ghost.

It represented the money he made in his business. It was punishment for his greed when he was alive.

It was to prevent him from escaping his grave.

It represented all the people he made happy.

c. He cared only about money.

d. He was his teacher’s favorite student.

b. He was terrified of ghosts.

a. He was alone and lonely.

c. Alissa desperately wanted a guitar like the one that Jordan always played.

a. Jorge cheered when Caleb won an award for the best science essay in the class.

d. Jonathan baked a pie and invited all his friends over to have a slice.

b. Ling gazed out the window and daydreamed about traveling to exotic places.

b. He understands Scrooge and feels sorry for him.

c. He cares for the elderly Scrooge so he will inherit Scrooge's firm.

a. He fears Scrooge and plans to find a new job.

d. He defends Scrooge's behavior, hoping that Scrooge will pay him more.

d. He means that Scrooge's oppression of people who owe him money is an unfair burden.

c. He means that Scrooge deserves to be in prison for illegal business practices.

b. He means that Scrooge's obsession with profit has ruined his character.

a. He means that Scrooge always carries his money around on his person.

c. From an early age, Scrooge isolated himself from others.

b. Scrooge had a close relationship with his family.

d. Even as a child, Scrooge had an obsession with money.

a. Scrooge was not a grumpy miser his entire life.

d. Scrooge. "There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!"

b. Fan. "He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home."

c. Scrooge. "If ever I own a firm of my own, I shall treat my apprentices with the same dignity and the same grace."

a. Past. "The schoolroom is not quite deserted. A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still."

b. He puzzles over Past’s reasons for showing him the party.

d. He wonders what became of Dick Wilkins, his fellow apprentice.

c. He is sorry that he has been ungenerous toward Bob Cratchit.

a. He resents Past for making him relive a painful memory.

b. Ebenezer dances with all three of the daughters, as does Dick. They compete for the daughters, happily, in the dance.

d. Scrooge. "I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now! That’s all!"

a. Scrooge. "Why, it’s old Fezziwig! Bless his heart; it’s Fezziwig, alive again!"

c. Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past stand alone now. The music is gone.

They find Scrooge solemn and sorrowful.

They find Scrooge hardhearted and cruel.

They find Scrooge distracted and upset.

They find Scrooge brisk and professional.

Scrooge: 'Oh, fine, a perfection, just fine … to see the perfect pair of you … talking about a Merry Christmas!'

Scrooge: 'I help to support the establishments that I have mentioned: they cost enough: and those who are badly off must go there.'

Scrooge: 'Mr. Marley has been dead these seven years. He died seven years ago this very night.'

Scrooge: 'You’re quite a powerful speaker, sir. I wonder you don’t go into Parliament.'

They have different ideas about the value of youth and age.

They have different ideas about the meaning of the word 'humbug.'

They have different ideas about how to run a business.

They have different ideas about the importance of Christmas.

b. It shows that Scrooge has generally been uninterested in relationships with others.

c. It shows that Scrooge has allowed his love of money to negatively affect his life.

d. It shows that Scrooge has been rude and unkind throughout his life.

a. It shows that Scrooge has occasionally sacrificed his own goals in order to please others.

Bored

Gloomy

Thoughtful

Cheerful

firm and unwavering

daring and bold

timid and shy

hesitant and uncertain