A Christmas Carol

Question 1

____ and ___ as ____

Answer 1

hard and sharp as flint

Question 2

____ as an ____

Answer 2

solitary as an oyster

Question 3

the ____ within him ___ his _____ ______

Answer 3

the cold within him froze his old features

Question 4

____ the _____ _____

Answer 4

decrease the surplus population

Question 5

Are there ___ _____?

Answer 5

Are there no prisons

Question 6

I can’t ____ to make ____ _____ _____

Answer 6

I can’t afford to make idle people merry

Question 7

though it has never put a ___ of ___ or ___ in my pocket, I ____ it has done me ____.

Answer 7

though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe it has done me good

Question 8

The ___ in the ____ involuntarily _____

Answer 8

The clerk in the Tank involuntarily applauded

Question 9

you’ll keep your _____ by ____ your ____!

Answer 9

you’ll keep your Christmas by losing your situation!

Question 10

the ____ and ____ _____ so

Answer 10

the fog and darkness thickened so

Question 11

the ____ ____ of a church, whose ____ ___ ___ was always _____ ____ down

Answer 11

the ancient tower of a church, whose gruff old bell was always peeping slily down

Question 12

_____ yet and ____. ____ , ____ , ____ cold.

Answer 12

Foggier yet , and colder. Piercing, searching, biting cold

Question 13

The ____ he drew was _____ about his ____. It was ___ , and ___ about him like a ____

Answer 13

The chain he drew was clasped about his middle. It was long, and wound about him like a tail

Question 14

the ___ ____ of its ____ eyes

Answer 14

the chilling influence of its death-cold eyes

Question 15

he was still _____ , and ____ against his ____

Answer 15

he was still incredulous, and fought against his senses

Question 16

Scrooge fell upon his ____ and ____ his ___ before his ____

Answer 16

Scrooge fell upon his knees and clasped his hands before his face

Question 17

I ____ the ___ I ___ in life

Answer 17

I wear the chain I forged in life

Question 18

my ___ never ___ beyond …. our ____ ___

Answer 18

my spirit never roved beyond … our money-changing hole

Question 19

____ to ___ with the ___ ____

Answer 19

face to face with the unearthly visitor

Question 20

like a ___ : yet not so like a ___ like an ___ ___

Answer 20

like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man

Question 21

it wore a ____ of the ____ ___

Answer 21

it wore a tunic of the purest white

Question 22

it was a _____ ____ , but one of ____ ___

Answer 22

it was a large house, but one of broken fortunes

Question 23

a ____ boy was reading near a ____ ____

Answer 23

a lonely boy was reading near a feeble fire

Question 24

___ to see his ____ _____ self as he used to be

Answer 24

wept to see his poor forgotten self as he used to be

Question 25

____ is so much ___ than he used to be

Answer 25

Father is so much kinder than he used to be

Question 26

We're to be ____ all the ____ long

Answer 26

We're to be together all the Christmas long

Question 27

You are ____ a ____ , little ___!

Answer 27

You are quite a woman, little Fan!

Question 28

they ____ like ____

Answer 28

they shone like moons

Question 29

shaking ___ with every ___ ____

Answer 29

shaking hands with every person individually

Question 30

Scrooge had ____ like a ___ out of his ____

Answer 30

Scrooge had acted like a man out of his wits

Question 31

What ___ has ____ you? ... A ____ one

Answer 31

What idle has displaced you? ... A golden one

Question 32

our ____ is an ___ one

Answer 32

our contract is an old one

Question 33

You are ____

Answer 33

You are changed

Question 34

Come in! and ___ me ___ , ____

Answer 34

Come in! and know me better, man

Question 35

____ in one ___ ___ robe

Answer 35

clothed in one simple green robe

Question 36

its sparkling ___ , its ____ ___ , its _____ voice

Answer 36

its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice

Question 37

you ___ have thought a ____ the ___ of all ___

Answer 37

you might have thought a goose the rarest of all birds

Question 38

a ____ ____ for a ___ family

Answer 38

a small pudding for a large family

Question 39

it would have been ___ ___ to do so

Answer 39

it would have been flat heresy to do so

Question 40

As ___ as ___ said ___

Answer 40

As good as gold said Bob

Question 41

remember upon _____ ___ who made ___ ____ walk and ____ ___ see

Answer 41

remember upon Christmas Day who made lame beggars walk and blind men see

Question 42

Bob's ____ was _____

Answer 42

Bob's voice was tremulous

Question 43

The boy is ____. This girl is ____. ____ them both

Answer 43

The boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both

Question 44

where ___ might have ___ ____, ____ lurked

Answer 44

where angels might have sat enthroned, devils lurked

Question 45

They are ____

Answer 45

They are Man's

Question 46

___ , ____ , _____ , approached

Answer 46

slowly, gravely, silently approached

Question 47

____ in a ___ black ____

Answer 47

shrouded in a deep black garment

Question 48

his ___ ____ beneath him

Answer 48

his legs trembled beneath him

Question 49

I'm quite a ____

Answer 49

I'm quite a baby

Question 50

I am about to ____ your ____!

Answer 50

I am about to raise your salary

Question 51

and to ____ ____ , who did not die, he was a ____ ___

Answer 51

and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father