A Christmas Carol
What is Scrooge like at the start of the story?
He is a mean old guy, who doesn’t like people, hates Christmas and he loves money.
Name a major conflict from the story and tell what type of conflict it is.
Scrooge vs. himself / Character vs supernatural
How did Scrooge respond when Fred first invited him to Christmas dinner?
Scrooge refused to go and called Christmas a humbug
What is the message, lesson or moral of a story?
What is the theme?
The name of Scrooge's dead business partner.
Who is Jacob Marley?
How does Scrooge get from one place to the next with the ghosts of Christmas Past and Present?
What is holds onto their arms or robes and flies through the night air
Name the 1st Ghost to visit Scrooge
Jacob Marley
What is the climax of the story?
Scrooge seeing his name on the grave and swearing to change.
The name of an important character who never speaks.
Who is Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
The sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
The name of Scrooge's nephew.
Who is Fred?
Where did Scrooge first see Marley's face?
On the door knocker.
This Spirit only lives for 24 hours.
Christmas Present
What is an example of a rising action within ACC?
-Scrooge meeting the Ghost of Marley
-Scrooge seeing memories of his past self
-Scrooge learning that Tiny Tim will die
-Scrooge seeing Old Joe and Mrs. Dilber selling his things
Spirit who shows Scrooge his first love.
Ghost of Christmas past
The setting of A Christmas Carol
What is London, England 1840s, December, winter
The member of the Cratchit family that was predicted not to survive.
Who is Tiny Tim
Why was the Cratchit family upset in the scene of Christmas Future?
Tiny Tim had died.
Who was Scrooge’s old boss?
Mr. Fezziwig
This is the most exciting part of the story. (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?)
What is the climax?
He showed Scrooge the Cratchit family celebrating Christmas.
Who is the Ghost of Christmas present
The author of the book "A Christmas Carol."
Who is Charles Dickens
How did Bob Crachit feel about Scrooge
He respected him.
What does Scrooge observe both his nephew (Fred) and the Cratchit's doing during his experience with the Ghost of Christmas Present?
Name one example of how Scrooge began changing during his experiences with the three ghosts.
-Crying while observing childhood memories
-Excited to see Fezziwig
-Concerned about Tiny Tim
The point in the story where setting/characters are introduced
What is exposition
Why did Scrooge's fiancee break up with him in Act I?
What is Scrooge thought money was more important
What is a theme of A Christmas Carol?
It's never too late to change.
Be responsible to our fellow human beings
The damage of isolation
What is Scrooge’s first name?
Who is Ebenezer
What is Scrooge's favorite expression in regard to Christmas?
Bah-Humbug
What does Marley's chain represent?
What are the things he thought was important from when he was alive... (Money boxes)
How could you relate this story to today?
Corporate greed, Apathy, Poverty, Ignorance, etc.
What did the Ghost of Christmas Present have under his robe?
Who are 2 small children symbolizing ignorance and want of mankind
Why does the Ghost of Christmas Present ask Scrooge "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"
To show Scrooge the true impact of the words he spoke to the Thin and Portly Man
Is Scrooge a static or dynamic character and why? Provide one reason.
What is Scrooge is a dynamic character because he changed a lot through the story. He was once greedy and sour, and after being visited by the ghosts, he becomes nicer and generous .
Why should people read a Christmas Carol? What important lessons does it teach?
It promotes the optimistic view that it is never too late to change.
It inspires with it’s lessons about how we need to treat others with kindness.