A Christmas Carol - Stave 3 - Reading Check

When Scrooge awakens before his second visitor, what has filled his room? (one word answer)

What is the name of Scrooge's clerk? (two word answer)

What is Tiny Tim's attitude to being ill?

• He is still joyful
• He is angry
• He hasn't been told
• He is confused

Select each correct characteristic of the second ghost as stated in the book:

• It is not wearing any shoes
• It wore a wreath on its head
• Its face is described as friendly or cheerful
• It has white fur
• It had red, curly hair

On which child was the word "Doom" written on its forehead?

• The girl, Want
• The girl, Ignorance
• The boy, Want
• The boy, Ignorance

True or False - "I am sorry for him; I couldn't be angry with him if I tried. Who suffers by his ill whims? Himself, always" - This line was said by Bob Cratchit about Mr. Scrooge.

• True
• False

Write one way in which the second ghost's appearance changes from the beginning of the stave to the end of the stave.

BONUS - FIVE EXTRA POINTS What is the significance of the Ghost of Christmas Present having "more than eighteen hundred" brothers?

intolerance and prejudice

• threadbare
• bigotry
• declension

dissenting with the majority opinion

• factious
• vile
• exacerable