1. A Christmas Carol - Stave I

INFER: Why does Bob Cratchit have a smaller fire?

• They are out of coal.

• Scrooge does not want to pay for more coal, so Bob is only allowed to use one coal at a time. 

• Bob Cratchit is warm enough.

Based on Scrooge's response to his nephew, how does Scrooge feel about Christmas?

• He likes it.

• He does not like Christmas.

Why does Scrooge not want to give money to the poor?

• He does not want to spend his money. They have places to go such as prisons and workhouses. 

• He thinks the poor don't need money.

Why does Scrooge unwillingly agree to give Bob Christmas day off?

• Time is money. If he is not working, Scrooge is not making money. Scrooge does not want to have to pay Bob when he is not getting any work done.

• Scrooge thinks Bob does not work hard enough.

Who does Scrooge see in the door knocker?

• Bob Cratchit (his clerk)

• Belle

• Jacob Marley

What is Marley dragging around with him?

• Chains of his past.

• Money

• A Christmas Tree

Marley warns Scrooge that he will be visited by how many other ghosts?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 5

What does it mean that the ghosts are "bound by the chains of their past?"

• They are held back by the mistakes they made by not focusing on the people in their lives. 

• They are held back by not having enough money.

• They are held back because they do not want to be dead.