ENG 4C
Wilson
CHRISTMAS CAROL: STAVE 4 ASSIGNMENT
Choose ONE of the following assignments below and complete for Stave 4 of A Christmas Carol.
READING QUESTIONS
1. Describe the ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. What aspect of the Ghost’s behavior scares
Scrooge the most?
2. Tell what Scrooge overhears the merchants at the Exchange discussing. Who in particular
does Scrooge hope to see there?
3. List the four people at the junk dealer’s shop. What are three of them trying to sell? Where
and from whom did they get the goods? Tell how Scrooge reacts to what he witnesses at the
shop.
4. Explain why the young man and his wife Caroline feel relieved that the unnamed businessman
had died. What is Scrooge’s reaction to this scene?
5. List three details that alert you to the fact that Tiny Tim has died. In what ways has Scrooge’s
nephew shown “extraordinary kindness” to the Cratchit family?
6. What does Scrooge finally discover in the churchyard? What assurance does he beg the Ghost
to give him? What resolution does Scrooge make?
7. The climax of a story is the point when the main character’s conflict reaches an intense
turning point. Identify the climax of A Christmas Carol. What is the result, or resolution, of
Scrooge’s conflict?
8. At the end of Stave Four, Scrooge pleads to learn whether he can alter the future that the
Ghost has shown him. The Ghost does not answer in words, but gives a sign. Identify this sign,
and explain what you think it means.