Grades 9–10 · Literature
This quiz helps revise “Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol” in Literature for grades 9–10. It has 25 questions in five categories: Scrooge and Marley, Ghosts of the Past, The Cratchit Family, A Changed Man, Victorian Context. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
What dismissive two-word phrase does Scrooge repeatedly use to reject Christmas cheer and goodwill?
Who is Scrooge's cheerful nephew who visits the counting-house to warmly invite his uncle to Christmas dinner?
In this 1843 illustration…
In the gameWhat heavy iron burden…
In the gameIn the opening chapter…
In the game
Which jovial merchant, shown dancing here, took young Scrooge as his apprentice and threw a Christmas Eve ball for his workers?
What is the name of Scrooge's beloved younger sister who arrives at the boarding school to take him home?
What fault in Scrooge…
In the gameWhen left alone at…
In the gameWhat metal cone does…
In the gameWhat is the name of Bob Cratchit's disabled young son who walks with a crutch and wears iron braces?
What modest roast poultry forms the centrepiece of the Cratchit family's Christmas Day dinner?
Which festive steamed dessert…
In the gameWhat famous five-word blessing…
In the gameHow many shillings per…
In the gameWhat giant prize bird does the reformed Scrooge anonymously purchase and send to Bob Cratchit's home?
What does Scrooge promise to increase for Bob Cratchit when the clerk arrives late to the office on Boxing Day?
In the vision of…
In the gameAt Old Joe's shop…
In the gameWhat warm spiced punch…
In the gameRather than chapters, what musical term does Dickens use to title each of the five sections of the novella?
Under the Poor Law of 1834, what harsh institutions did Scrooge argue the destitute should be sent to?
Which English economist argued…
In the gameWhat are the two…
In the gameShown in this portrait…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.