1. Charles Dickens
2. a) Christmas Eve 1843 in London
3. c) compassionate
4. Scrooge's deceased business partner
5. Seven years before the story begins
6. d) He said: "Bah! Humbug!"
7. Money for the poor and for charity
8. He says he is imagining things because of indigestion or something he ate
9. a) His hometown where he was at a boarding school
10. Fezziwig was Scrooge's former employer, known for his kindness and generosity during Christmas.
11. She left him because he became obsessed with wealth and lost his capacity for love and compassion.
12. "You will be haunted by three spirits."
13. d) All the above
14. Christmas Day
15. a) He visits his nephew Fred's house.
b) He sends a large turkey to the Cratchit family.
c) He gives Bob Cratchit a raise.
d) He becomes involved in the lives of others, especially the poor.
16. A Christmas Carol was written by Charles Dickens. At first, we learn that a man called Marley, who was Scrooge's partner in their firm, is dead. We also learn that Scrooge is a mean person, who can't get any friends. He won't give anything to two men collecting money for the poor because he thinks they should go to the workhouse and he won't light a fire for his attitude even though he is freezing. At night he receives four visits. They are all ghosts. First, it is his old colleague. After that the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas yet to come show him different things that make Scrooge change his attitude and become a nice, compassionate man.
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