'A Christmas Carol,' by Charles Dickens (quotations)

Question 1

“Are there no…? … And the…?” (Scrooge, S1)

Answer 1

“Are there no prisons? … And the Union workhouses?” (Scrooge, S1)

Question 2

“I wear the…” (Jacob Marley, S1)

Answer 2

“I wear the chains I forged in life” (Jacob Marley, S1)

Question 3

…as flint. (Narrator, S1)

Answer 3

Hard and sharp as flint (Narrator, S1)

Question 4

“A merry…!” (Fred, S1)

Answer 4

“A merry Christmas, Uncle!” (Fred, S1)

Question 5

“Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips…” (Scrooge, S1)

Answer 5

“Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding.” (Scrooge, S1)

Question 6

“You weigh…” (Belle, S2)

Answer 6

“You weigh everything by gain” (Belle, S2)

Question 7

A solitary… (Narrator, S2)

Answer 7

A solitary child, neglected by his friends (Narrator, S2)

Question 8

“Yo ho, my boys …” (Fezziwig, S2)

Answer 8

“Yo ho, my boys … no more work tonight!” (Fezziwig, S2)

Question 9

“I should like to say…” (Scrooge, S2)

Answer 9

“I should like to say a word or two to my clerk just now” (Scrooge, S2)

Question 10

“This boy is… This girl is… Beware…” (Ghost of Christmas Present, S3)

Answer 10

“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware of them both.” (Ghost of Christmas Present, S3)

Question 11

“such an odious, stingy, ____, _____ man” (Mrs Cratchit, S3)

Answer 11

“such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man” (Mrs Cratchit, S3)

Question 12

“His wealth is of no…” (Fred, S3)

Answer 12

“His wealth is of no use to him. He don’t do any good with it…” (Fred, S3)

Question 13

“Oh no, kind spirit! Say…” (Scrooge, S3)

Answer 13

“Oh no, kind spirit! Say he will be spared” (Scrooge, S3)

Question 14

“My little, little…” (Bob Cratchit, S4)

Answer 14

“My little, little child!” cried Bob (Bob Cratchit, S4)

Question 15

“He frightened everyone… to profit us…” (A thief, S4)

Answer 15

“He frightened everyone away from him when he was alive, to profit us when he was dead! Ha, ha, ha!” (A thief, S4)

Question 16

“I will honour … and try…” (Scrooge, S4)

Answer 16

“I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year” (Scrooge, S4)

Question 17

To Tiny Tim, who did not die… (Narrator, S5)

Answer 17

To Tiny Tim, who did not die, he became a second father (Narrator, S5)

Question 18

“I’m light as a… I am as merry as…” (Scrooge, S5)

Answer 18

“I’m light as a feather. … I am as merry as a school-boy” (Scrooge, S5)

Question 19

“It is I…” (Scrooge, S5)

Answer 19

“It is I, your uncle Scrooge. I have come to dinner” (Scrooge, S5)