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B. Answer these questions.

1. How did Scrooge react when Cratchit asked him for a day off to celebrate Christmas?

2. Why did Jacob Marley pay Scrooge a visit?

3. Explain the significance of the three ghosts in the story.

4. What kind of change came over in Scrooge’s nature after the visitations from the three
ghosts?

5. Who was little Tim? What was wrong with him?

6. Which of the sights shown by the three ghosts affected Scrooge the most? Why do you
think so?

Reference to the context

Read these lines from the play and answer the questions that follow.

1. ‘Oh, this is me. Look, I was very happy in the past.’

a. Who is the speaker?
i. Jacob Marley ii. Ebenezer Scrooge

iii. Bob Cratchit iv. Narrator

b. To whom does the speaker say these words?

i. Jacob Marley ii. the Ghost of Christmas Present
iii. the Ghost of Christmas Past iv. the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

c. What situation does the speaker find before himself?

d. How does the speaker behave now?

2. ‘Dear Lord, we don’t have much money, but we are very happy today, because we have got each
other. Thank you for this wonderful family. Amen.’

a. Who are watching the speaker?

i. Jacob Marley and Ebenezer Scrooge

ii. Bob Cratchit and Ebenezer Scrooge
iii. the Ghost of Christmas Present and Ebenezer Scrooge

iv. Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past

b. Why is the speaker thankful to God even though he doesn’t have a lot of money and
good things in life?

c. Do you think we should always be thankful to God no matter what our situation is?

d. How did the person watching the situation feel after this?

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