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A Christmas Carol Stave 1

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  • How does Scrooge react to the two men requesting donations for the poor?
    He refuses to give them anything, believing that poor people who can’t support themselves should go to workhouses, prisons, treadmills or simply die.
  • How is Fred related to Scrooge?
    He is Scrooge's nephew
  • How many years before the story began did Jacob Marley die?
    7 years
  • What two things would Scrooge rather support than charity?
    Prisons and workhouses
  • We know Scrooge hates Christmas. What does his nephew Fred think of it?
    He believes that its “a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.”
  • Fill in the gap: "They had better do it, and decrease the ______ population.”
    Surplus
  • Where does Scrooge first see the face of Marley's ghost?
    In his door knocker
  • Why does Scrooge use the phrase "humbug"?
    To show when he thinks something is nonsense
  • Why does Scrooge like the darkness?
    Because it is "cheap"
  • Who is described as "a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone"?
    Scrooge
  • What job does Scrooge have?
    He's a creditor (someone who lends people or businesses money)
  • What does Marley warn Scrooge about?
    To change his ways and that he will be haunted by 3 spirits
  • What is the name of Scrooges clerk?
    Bob Crathcit
  • Scrooge is described as being: "Hard and sharp as flint". What is this an example of?
    Simile
  • How is Fred the opposite of Scrooge?
    He is happy, outgoing and loves Christmas
  • Fill in the gap: "solitary as an ____ "
    Oyster
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