Charles Dickenss A Christmas Carol

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Plot Comprehension: Review Questions Ms. Brown Grade 7

Stave 1: Marleys Ghost

Reading Guide
Questions
DIRECTIONS: As your read STAVE 1 of Charles Dickenss A
Christmas Carol, answer the following questions to reinforce your
understanding of the plotline. Responses should be written in a
modified I.C.E. format that includes only the first two sections:
Introduce Your Idea and Cite Text Evidence. Be sure to
restate the question and use a DIRECT QUOTE from the novel as
your text evidence (with a page number). Responses should be
more than one (1) sentence in length. Be sure to answer all parts
of the question. Answers should be written on a separate sheet
of loose-leaf paper.

1. What important fact must be distinctly understood? Why is this fact so important?

2. Describe Scrooge in your own words? What metaphor does Dickens use to emphasize how mean he is?

3. Who visits Scrooge in his counting house, and to what purpose (all visitors)?

4. How does Scrooge react to these visitors?

5. What particularly appalling thing does Scrooge say to the portly gentlemen?

6. Describe the ghostly happenings that lead to Marleys appearance.

7. Why is Marley visiting Scrooge?

8. What is Marley wearing, and why is he wearing it?

9. What is Marleys (and the other spirits) punishments for their wicked lives?

10. How can Scrooge be saved?