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A Christmas Carol

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    A Christmas Carol
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  • Which character is described as having a "comfortable, oily, rich, fat, jovial" voice?
    Mr Fezziwig
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  • Finish the quote: "a red-faced gentleman with a __________ excrescence on the end of his nose"
    pendulous
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  • How many scenes is Belle present for?
    Two
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  • Finish the quote: "It was cold, bleak, biting weather: _____ withal"
    foggy
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  • Who does Fan say is kinder now?
    Their father
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  • What technique is used in the quote "piercing, searching, biting cold"?
    Pathetic fallacy OR triple OR personification OR harsh plosive sounds
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  • How many children do the Cratchits have?
    Six - Martha, Peter, Belinda, Tiny Tim and the two young Cratchits
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  • What does the food in the room with the Ghost of Christmas Present represent?
    Plenty and abundance
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  • What does the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come resemble?
    The Grim Reaper
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  • What two words is Scrooge's name a mixture of?
    Screw and gouge
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  • Dickens's father was sent to a debtor's prison when Dickens was just a boy. Where did Dickens have to go to work?
    A blacking factory
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  • The Poor Law of 1834 meant that destitute people were sent where?
    The workhouse
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  • What happened with the population of England during the Industrial Revolution?
    People moved from the countryside into towns and cities
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  • Finish the quote: "these young Cratchits ________ about the table"
    danced
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  • What adjective is missing? "_________ party, _________ games, _________ unanimity, ___-___-___ happiness!"
    Wonderful
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  • What was peculiar about the Ghost of Christmas Past's features?
    They seemed to contradict each other, e.g. old/young, close by/far away
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