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What is Marley’s full name
Jacob Marley
Business
Scrooge and Marley
How long has Marley been dead
7 years
Who stops Scrooge on the street to ask how he is
No one
When, exactly, does the story open
Christmas eve, 3pm
Why is the door to Scrooge’s office open?
So he can keep an eye on Bob Cratchit
Why can’t Cratchit put coal in his fire room?
Scrooge won’t let him as he thinks its too expensive
Who is Scrooge’s first visitor and why has he come
Fred, his nephew. To invite him for christmas dinner
What is Cratchit’s reaction to Fred’s speech about Christmas
Begins to clap involuntarily
Who visits Scrooge immediately after Fred
The portly gentlemen
Institutions acc to scrooge take care of the poor
‘Prisons’, ‘poor law’
benefit of people dying acc to scrooge
‘decreases the surplus population’
Why does s resent giving cratchit christmas day as a holiday
he has to pay a full day’s wages for no work
weather stave 1
fog
the knocker on scrooges door turns into
marleys head
what does s think is cauging marley to appear before him
A stomach upset, such as indigestion (‘there’s more of gravy than of grave about you!’)
what happens to marleys ghost when it removes a bandage from its head?
its jaw drops to the floor
why is marleys ghost chained
he ‘wears the chains he forged in life’
Why is marleys ghost condemned to wandering the earth
Because he did not wander freely in spirit when alive
marleys business should have been
‘Mankind was my business’ ‘common welfare’ ‘charity’ ‘mercy’ ‘forbearance’ ‘benevolence’
message from marleys ghost to scrooge
he’ll be able to escape marley’s fate if he changes his ways- will be visited by 3 ghosts to do so
which word is s unable to say once marleys ghost has gone
‘Humbug”
what time does s wake up stave 2
12.00, went to bed at 2
what does the ghost of christmas past look like
‘like a child, yet not so like a child’, ‘white as if with age’ ‘not a wrinkle in its neck and down its back’ ‘it held a branch of fresh green holly’ ‘had its dress trimmed with summer flowers’
where does the ghost of christmas past first take scrooge
his old school house
why is scrooge upset when taken to his school
he was ignored by other children: ‘a solitary child, neglected by his friends’
who collects scrooge from school
his younger sister fan
how many children does fan have
1: fred
who is scrooges fellow apprentice who also works for mr fezziwig
dick wilkins
what is the main entertainment at the fezziwig christmas party
dancing
where does scrooge and the apprentices sleep
‘under a counter in the back-shop’
who does belle say scrooge has replaced her with
‘a golden idol has displaced me’
who does the ghost of christmas past take scrooge to see last
belle having a christmas dinner with her new family
how does scrooge get rid of the ghost of christmas past
puts an extinguisher cap over his head (a device used to put out candles)
when the ghost of christmas present calls scrooge, his room is transformed. in what way?
‘the walls and ceiling were so hung with living green’
‘bright gleaming berries glistened’
‘crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe and ivy reflected back the light’
what is the ghost of christmas present wearing
‘one simple green robe, or mantle, bordered with white fur’
how many brothers does the ghost of christmas present claim to have
1800
where does the ghost of christmas present first take scrooge
a busy town at christmas
where are all the people carrying their dinners to in this scene
the baker’s so they can get it heated
how many cratchits are there
8- mrs cratchit, bob cratchit, tiny tim, peter, martha, belinda, ‘the twi ubiquitous young cratchits’
what did the cratchits have for christmas dinner
goose
what earlier words of scrooge are thrown back at him by the ghost of christmas present
‘if he be like to die, he better do it, and decrease the surplus population’ - towards tiny tim
what does bob cratchit call scrooge when he toasts him
‘founder of the feast’
which 3 people does the ghost of christmas present take s to see after cratchits
miners, 2 lighthouse keepers and sailors
which games are played at freds house
‘forfeits’ ‘blind-mans buff’ ‘how, when and where’ and ‘yes and no’
which characters emerge from the ghost of christmas present’s garments at the end of the stave
ignorance (boy) want (girl)
what does the ghost of christmas yet to come look like
‘shrouded in a deep black garment’ ‘left nothing of it visible except for one outstretched hand’ ‘tall and stately’ ‘the spirit neither spoke or moved’
who does the ghost of christmas yet to come show scrooge first
business men
which of s’s possessions are brought to old joe’s shop to sell
‘a seal or two, a pencil-case, a pair of sleeve-buttons, and a brooch of no great value’
‘sheets and towels, a little hearing apparel; two old fashioned silver tablespoons, a pair of sugar-tongs and a few boots’
2 animals in scrooges room surrounding his deathbed
cat and rats
why are the members of one family pleased scrooge is dead
they will no longer be chased by him for the money they owe
what happened to tiny tim
he died
who is very kind to the cratchits
fred
what does it say on the gravestone scrooge is taken to
EBENEZER SCROOGE
does the ghost of christmas yet to come speak
no
what does scrooge ask a boy to buy for him and who is it for
a big turkey for the cratchits
scrooge meets a man in stave 5 who appeared in stave 1
portly gentleman, promised a large sum of money to his charity
who does scrooge have dinner with
fred and his family
what does s do for cratchit the day after christmas
raises his salary
does scrooge see the spirits again
no
what are the final words in the novel
‘god bless us, every one!’ - tiny tim
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