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A Christmas Carol & The Gift of the Magi - Final Test, 2016

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A silent ghost that wears a hooded black robe

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Bob Cratchit’s youngest son, crippled from birth

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A ghost who reminds Scrooge of his younger years

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Miserly owner of a London counting-house

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Scrooge’s old boss who had great Christmas parties

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Scrooge’s old business partner

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This ghost is described as majestic giant; lifespan is restricted to Christmas Day and the ghost shows Scrooge the Cratchit family

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Scrooge’s clerk; a very kind, gracious man who loves his family

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Scrooge’s nephew who loves Christmas

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Scrooge’s former fiancée who realized that Scrooge loved money more than he loved her

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The setting of "A Christmas Carol" is

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At the beginning of the play, Scrooge and his nephew are different because

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What is Scrooge’s typical response to “Merry Christmas”?

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Which statement best describes Scrooge’s attitude toward Christmas at the beginning of the play?

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Scrooge believed that the poor people did not deserve his money, and that they should

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Scrooge allows Bob Cratchit to take Christmas Day off; however, he expects Cratchit to

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Marley’s chains symbolize

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In the play, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to

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Scrooge remembers Fezziwig as a

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Scrooge’s sweetheart calls of their engagement because

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The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to

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What surprises Scrooge as he watches the Cratchit family?

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The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come arrives and

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What is the last thing the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge?

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When Scrooge comes back to the present, he sends a young boy to fetch the biggest turkey to send to

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What is Jacob Marley forced to drag about as a result of his sinful life?

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Why does Scrooge like darkness?

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In the book, who appears in Scrooge’s door-knocker?

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What do you think was Dickens’s purpose in showing the Cratchit family as a virtuous, generous, loving family?

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Which member of the Cratchit family most interests Scrooge?

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When he awakens after the visit of the third ghost, Scrooge attends Fezziwig’s party and enjoys himself immensely.

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What does Scrooge do after Bob Cratchit arrives at work late on December 26th?

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In the climax of the play version of "A Christmas Carol"

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An example of an event that occurs in the resolution of the play is

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Because Scrooge changes his outlook in life and his personality from the beginning of the story to the end, he is a static character.

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Which of the following events had a direct impact on Dickens' life growing up?

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Which of the following personality traits was Dickens NOT known for?

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In 1865 Dickens was on board a train that crashed. His carriage was not badly damaged, so he tended to the injured and dying. This event had a lasting impression on his life, and the event shows that

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By Christmas Eve, 5,000 copies of "A Christmas Carol" had sold. It sold out in 3 days.

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Dickens loved to perform scenes from the plot of the novel, so he created a performance inspired version.

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"A Christmas Carol" was written and published in the same year - 1843.

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Read the following passage: "Let it be said that of all who give gifts, these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are the wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the Magi." O. Henry (the author) is using a metaphor to

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Read the following passage: "Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking the stores for Jim’s present. She found it at last." What does the word ransacking mean as used in the context of the passage?

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"For inside the present lay The Combs – the set of combs, side and back, that Della had stared at and longed for so long in a Broadway window. The beautiful combs were made of pure tortoise shell with jewelled rims – just the right color to wear in her beautiful hair that was now gone. They were expensive combs, she knew, and although she had loved the combs, she never thought that she might actually own them. And now that they were hers, the beautiful hair that should have needed the combs was gone." What type of irony is shown in this passage?

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"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one or two at a time by penny-pinching with the grocery clerk, vegetable man, and butcher. She was embarrassed to have been so cheap. Della counted the money three times. It was still only one dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas." Based on information in the passage, which conclusion can be made about Jim and Della’s life?

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Which of the following words best describes Jim?

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"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one or two at a time by penny-pinching with the grocery clerk, vegetable man, and butcher. She was embarrassed to have been so cheap. Della counted the money three times. It was still only one dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas." What is Della's conflict at the beginning of the story?

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"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all." What was O. Henry trying to emphasize by beginning the short story with these lines?

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"In fact, life is mostly made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles being the main part of it." What type of figurative language device is used in the above line from the story?

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What is the main conflict in the story?

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Which two Biblical figures were mentioned in the description of Della's hair and Jim's watch?

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How much money did Della receive from selling her hair?

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“If Jim doesn’t kill me,” she said to herself, “as soon as he sees me, he’ll say I look like a Coney Island chorus girl." What figurative language device is being used in the above sentence from the story?

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Which of these BEST describes Jim's reaction to Della's haircut?

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What is ironic about the couples' gifts to each other?

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Who are the Magi?

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Which of the following events is the climax of the story "The Gift of the Magi?"

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Which of the following events is the resolution of the story "The Gift of the Magi?"

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The story ends with this simple sentence: "They are the Magi." What is being emphasized with this metaphor?

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Which of the following is a theme from the story "The Gift of the Magi?"

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Back when James had earned $30 per week, the couple had included the middle name “Dillingham” because it sounded sophisticated. But now that James was only earning a meager $20/week, the name should be shortened to just “Mr. James D. Young.

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Jim sells his harmonica to pay for Della's gift.

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Della tells Madame Sofronie to take her time cutting her hair off because she wants to remember this moment when she made a huge sacrifice for Jim.

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"Jim stopped suddenly at the door, as still as a hunting dog that smells its prey." What kind of figurative language device is used in the above sentence from the story?

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Why is Jim's watch so important to him?