Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Is it September already?

Yes, it's September already. In fact, as of today, September is two-thirds finished. How is your school year shaping up? We have been busy little bees!

Prep, prep, prep...for many of us, it's a necessity. If you cover a "homeroom" class in the morning, or simply want to get your kids "in the zone" at the start of the day, try a daily online quiz. We have a quiz for every single day of the year. These quizzes run the gamut, with the primary focus on social studies.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Answer Key

This answer key is for use with our Literary Classics Workbook Series on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, available exclusively on CurrClick.



  1. Marley



  2. His nephew



  3. "If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."



  4. Marley's



  5. A locomotive hearse



  6. Jacob



  7. Because this was not done during life



  8. Answers will vary



  9. Fan



  10. Old Fezziwig



  11. Scrooge's former fiancee



  12. Answers will vary



  13. He wears a simple green robe, bordered with white fur, a holly wreath on his head, and nothing more



  14. Martha



  15. Tiny Tim



  16. Scrooge



  17. Ignorance



  18. It wears a deep black garment, from which only its hand is visible



  19. Charwoman, laundress, and undertaker



  20. Tiny Tim



  21. Ebenezer Scrooge



  22. B - heart



  23. The Cratchits



  24. Fred



  25. B - False



  26. Answers will vary

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy - Answer Key

This answer key is designed for use with our Literary Classics Workbook Series title Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, available exclusively on CurrClick.


  1. He is the lineal representative of the ancient and knightly family of d'Urberville


  2. D - Wessex


  3. Marlott


  4. White


  5. Angel, Cuthbert, and Felix


  6. Tess


  7. Rolliver's


  8. A - Abraham


  9. Kingsbere


  10. Tess and Abraham


  11. The horse is killed in a collision with a mail cart


  12. The Slopes


  13. Answers will vary


  14. Alec


  15. B - False


  16. She allows her hat to blow off, so that she must retrieve it


  17. A - True


  18. Chaseborough


  19. Alec's


  20. B - False


  21. Alec


  22. Her mother, Joan Durbeyfield


  23. B - False


  24. Mechanical reaper or reaping machine


  25. Sorrow


  26. D - milkmaid


  27. Valley of the Great Dairies


  28. Richard Crick


  29. Angel Clare


  30. Intellectual liberty


  31. Tess


  32. C - Harp


  33. Peter the Great


  34. D - Morning


  35. B - Liza-Lu


  36. Tess feels unworthy of his affections


  37. B - Marian, Izz, Retty, Tess


  38. Angel runs over to Tess, hugs her, and confesses that he loves her


  39. B - Mercy Chant


  40. B - False


  41. Rev. Clare preached directly to Alec from the pulpit, which led Alec to publicly insult Rev. Clare


  42. A - True


  43. Sunday


  44. Angel


  45. A - True


  46. B - False


  47. Answers will vary


  48. December 31 (New Year's Eve)


  49. The man recognized Tess from Trantridge, and insulted her


  50. An afternoon crow


  51. Jewelry


  52. Retty Priddle


  53. Angel


  54. Answers will vary


  55. They will separate, with Tess returning to her parents' home


  56. Believing Tess dead, he places her in a coffin


  57. Answers will vary


  58. B - False


  59. B - 50


  60. B - Brazil


  61. Izz Huett


  62. She pities them and wants to end their misery


  63. Marian


  64. B - False


  65. B - False


  66. A - True


  67. A - Cross-in-Hand


  68. Marriage license


  69. Alec d'Urberville


  70. Answers will vary


  71. Their mother is dying and their father is ill


  72. B - Alec


  73. Tess's father, John Durbeyfield


  74. Rural-to-urban migration, or "the tendency of the rural population towards the large towns"


  75. Kingsbere


  76. Izz and Marian


  77. Tess's mother, Joan Durbeyfield


  78. Sandbourne


  79. The Herons


  80. Mrs. Brooks


  81. Blood


  82. Alec d'Urberville


  83. Cuthbert Clare


  84. A - True


  85. Bramshurst Court


  86. Stonehenge


  87. Answers will vary

Essay Questions - Answers will vary


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