Literature in Context

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1 Literature in Context A Christmas Carol Workbook by Venetia Ozzi and Kathi Godiksen Edited by Patricia F. Braccio and Matthew J. Flament TM

2 The purchase of this book entitles the individual teacher to reproduce copies of the student pages for use in his or her classroom exclusively. The reproduction of any part of the work for an entire school or school system or for commercial use is prohibited. ISBN (10-digit) (13-digit) 2005 Queue, Inc. Published by Educational Impressions, Inc., Hawthorne, NJ EDUCATIONAL IMPRESSIONS, INC. Hawthorne, NJ Printed in the United States of America.

3 Table of Contents Teacher s Introduction Stave Stave Stave Stave Stave Reviewing the Story Answers

4 STAVE 1 R eading Comprehension Exercises 1 5: Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the correct answers from the story. 1. Scrooge s first name is. 2. The name of Scrooge s dead partner is. 3. Scrooge first received a visit from, who simply wished to be friends with him. 4. The Ghost wore which represented the sins he had committed during his life. 5. The Ghost told Scrooge to expect visits from. 6 20: Circle the word or phrase that best completes each sentence below. 6. The first few sentences of A Christmas Carol concern Scrooge s a. fate. b. partner. c. character. d. business. 7. The author s tone, or attitude toward Scrooge, in the opening pages of A Christmas Carol might best be described as a. indifferent. b. resentful. c. humorous. d. melancholy. 8. In the context of its use, the word, stave, means a. a thin strip of wood. b. the stanza of a poem. c. a narrow escape. d. the side of a barrel. 7

5 9. Old Marley was dead as a door-nail. This sentence contains an example of a. hyperbole. b. paradox. c. simile. d. foreshadowing. 10. Scrooge s shriveled cheeks, red eyes, and blue lips were due to his a. cold personality. b. attacks of gout. c. advanced age. d. aristocratic background. 11. When people wished him Merry Christmas, Scrooge would reply, Bah, humbug! In this context, the word, humbug, means a. fraud. b. thanks. c. nonsense. d. the same to you. 12. Scrooge apparently thinks poorly of his nephew because the younger man married for a. money. b. a joke. c. love. d. inconvenience. 13. The water-plug being left in solitude, its overflowings suddenly congealed, and turned to misanthropic ice. The words, misanthropic ice, mean ice which dislikes humanity. Thus this sentence contains an example of a. metaphor. b. flashback. c. pun. d. personification. 14. Scrooge objected to giving his clerk a at Christmas. a. raise b. turkey c. holiday d. promotion 8

6 15. When he arrived home, Scrooge saw Marley s face a. staring out of an upper window. b. in place of the door-knocker. c. walking backward up the staircase. d. as it had been when Marley was a child. 16. You re particular, for a shade. He was going to say, to a shade, but substituted this, as more appropriate. Scrooge was going to use the word, shade, to mean a small difference, but felt that the meaning having to do with was more appropriate. a. darkness b. a screen c. colors d. a ghost 17. Scrooge thought that his vision of Marley was due to a. indigestion. b. bad luck. c. insanity. d. witchcraft. 18. The Ghost wore a bandage around its head, apparently because of a(n) a. missing ear. b. bloody nose. c. broken jaw. d. invisible face. 19. The Ghost grieved that when alive he did not know that no space of regret can make amends for one life s opportunities misused! At that point, Scrooge began to a. run toward the open window. b. apply this lesson to himself. c. hear the clocks striking midnight. d. regret having listened to the Ghost. 20. One of the wandering phantoms that Scrooge and Marley saw out of the window cried piteously because he a. could not assist a wretched woman and her infant. b. knew that Scrooge was doomed to the same fate as himself. c. was unable to get free of the iron safe tied to his ankle. d. had been a member of a guilty government. 9

7 Vocabulary Exercises 1 10: On the line before each vocabulary word, write the letter of the word in the righthand column which defines it. 1. rash 2. implore 3. bleak 4. ruddy 5. resolute 6. homage 7. ominous 8. rapture 9. shun 10. beguile a. joy b. reddish c. reckless d. determined e. threatening f. deceive g. desolate h. beg i. avoid j. respect 11 19: Circle the word or phrase that best defines the vocabulary word in bold type. 11. But he couldn t replenish it, for Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room. a. discover b. recover c. disturb d. refill 12. What right have you to be dismal?... You re rich enough. a. gloomy b. stingy c. angry d. tricky 13. The ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slyly down at Scrooge out of a gothic window, became invisible. a. sullen b. rotten c. hidden d. barren 10

Literature in Context

Literature in Context Macbeth by William Shakespeare Workbook by Venetia Ozzi and Kathi Godiksen Edited by Patricia F. Braccio and Matthew J. Flament TM The purchase of this book entitles the individual