Christmas Carol Review
For your test, you should be able to answer the following questions:
- What strange thing is on the head of the ghost of Christmas past?
- A symbol is an object in a story that represents (or stands for) something else. Identify one symbol that appears in A Christmas Carol and explain what it means.
- How is Charles Dickens life similar to the events that occur in A Christmas Carol?
- Describe what the three Christmas ghosts look like and act like.
- Compare and contrast Fan and Belle.
- Which people have died in the future that the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows to Scrooge?
- Where is the setting of A Christmas Carol?
- What are the names of the two children that the Ghost of Christmas Present shows to Scrooge? What does it mean when they are called "Man's Children?"
- How does Scrooge treat his employee, Bob Cratchit, at the beginning of the book and how does he treat him at the end of the book?
- What occurs at Fezziwig's house during one of Scrooge's past Christmases?
- What does the word "stave" mean? Why does Scrooge separate his chapters into staves?
- List five acts of kindness that Scrooge performs at the end of the novel.
- What three lessons do the three Christmas ghosts teach to Scrooge? (Be specific! Each ghost teaches Scrooge a different lesson.)
- Why is Marley visiting Scrooge on Christmas Eve?
- What famous quote does Tiny Tim say at the end of A Christmas Carol?
- Compare and contrast Jacob Marley and Ebenezer Scrooge.