a christmas carol

• Who was dead at the beginning of the story?

  Marley
• How is Marley described in relation to his death?

  As dead as a doornail
• What kind of person was Scrooge according to the text?

  A tight-fisted hand at the grindstone
• How is Scrooge's character further described?

  Hard and sharp as flint
• What does Scrooge's solitude compare to?

  Solitary as an oyster
• How did external conditions affect Scrooge?

  Had little influence on him
• What was the weather like at the beginning of the story?

  Cold, bleak, biting
• What did the fog do in the story?

  Poured in at every chink and keyhole
• What was Scrooge's clerk doing?

  Copying letters
• How is Fred described in the text?

  Ruddy and handsome with sparkling eyes
• How did Scrooge react to the word 'liberality'?

  He frowned
• What question did Scrooge ask regarding prisons?

  Are there no prisons?
• What was Scrooge's view on making others merry at Christmas?

  He couldn't afford to make idle people merry
• What did Scrooge say about those who would rather die?

  They had better do it and decrease the surplus population
• What happened as the fog and darkness thickened?

  Nothing specific was mentioned
• How is the cold described in the text?

  Piercing, searching, biting
• What was notable about the knocker on Scrooge's door?

  Nothing particular about it
• How did Scrooge feel after seeing Marley's face?

  He felt a terrible sensation
• What did Marley say he wore?

  The chain he forged in life
• What did the Ghost ask Scrooge about his own chain?

  About the weight and length of it
• What did Marley say about his rest and peace?

  No rest, no peace, incessant torture of remorse
• What did Marley claim was his business?

  Mankind was his business
• What was the misery of the spirits according to Marley?

  They sought to interfere for good but lost power
• What did Scrooge try to say but stopped?

  Humbug
• What question did Scrooge ponder about the dream?

  Was it a dream or not?
• Who did Scrooge find himself face to face with?

  An unearthly visitor
• How is the strange figure described?

  Like a child yet like an old man
• What did the figure wear?

  A tunic of the purest white
• What sprang from the figure's head?

  A bright clear jet of light
• What did Scrooge ask the spirit?

  Are you the spirit foretold to me?
• How was the spirit's voice described?

  Soft and gentle
• What did the spirit ask Scrooge about the light?

  Would you put out the light I give?
• What did Scrooge say about his mortality?

  He is liable to fall
• What did Scrooge feel when he smelled the odours?

  Connected with forgotten thoughts and joys
• What did the Ghost notice about Scrooge's lip?

  It was trembling
• What did the Ghost reveal about a solitary child?

  Neglected by his friends, left at school
• What was the lonely boy doing?

  Reading near a feeble fire
• How did Scrooge feel when he saw his forgotten self?

  He wept
• What did Scrooge wish to give the boy singing at his door?

  Something for Christmas
• Who came in to greet the lonely boy?

  A little girl, his dear sister