STAVE 3

What motivated Scrooge to search for the second spirit?

• He heard a high-pitched laugh

• He saw a ghostly light

• He heard a tea kettle whistling

• He smelled all the good food.

How many brothers does the spirit have?

• 250

• 8

• over 1,800

• under 1,500

How was Scrooge able to fly this time?

• The spirit touched his heart.

• He touched the spirit's robe.

• He followed behind the spirit.

• The spirit touched him with the torch.

How did sprinkling the torch affect people?

• People's wishes were granted.

• People got along better.

• It began to snow.

• The sun began to shine.

Why did Martha come out of hiding early?

• She thought Mr. Cratchit already knew she was there.

• Her mother told her to come out.

• She felt bad that he father was so disappointed.

• She got hungry for the goose.

"And how did little Tim behave?" asked Mrs. Cratchit. "As good as gold," said Bob, "and better." What did Mr. Cratchit mean by this response?

• He wondered how Tim behaved.

• Tiny Tim behaved as good as everyone else.

• Tiny Tim behaved better than the best.

• Tiny Tim should behave or he will get in trouble.

Who said, "God bless us, every one!"

• Martha

• Mrs. Cratchit

• Mr. Cratchit

• Tiny Tim

When the spirit said, "If he be like to die, he had better do so and decrease the surplus population," what was he doing?

• He was referring to Scrooge, because no one would care if he died.

• He was referring to a poor man who begged for money; he was trying to make a point.

• He was referring to Mr. Cratchit, who does not make enough money to support his family.

• He was referring to Tiny Tim, but using Scrooge's own words against him.

"I see a vacant seat," replied the Ghost, "in the poor chimney corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved." What do these lines mean?

• Tiny Tim takes very good care of his crutch.

• There is always room for one more for dinner at the Cratchit house.

• Tiny Tim has trouble keeping up with cleaning the chimney.

• If things do not change, Tiny Tim will not be alive next year.

Why did the spirit take Scrooge to the community of miners and the party on the ship?

• to show Scrooge where he will never be invited.

• to show Scrooge more of his past.

• to show Scrooge where his mother grew up because he never saw it.

• to show Scrooge that people are happy on Christmas whether they have money or not.