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A Christmas Carol Reading Guide
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New Word/pg #/Guess
solemnized 11. liberality
2.
rampart
12.
credentials
3.
palpable
13.
provision
4.
sternly
14.
destitute
5.
derived
15.
6.
veneration
vigor
(vigour)
impropriety
16.
keenly
8.
resolute
17.
proffering
9.
cordially
18.
rapture
10.
portly
19.
regale
20.
tacitly
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Stave 1: Marley’s Ghost
Comprehension Questions
Who was Marley?
2. According to the narrator, what about Marley must be
distinctly understood?
3. Copy one quotation that tells you something about
Scrooge’s personality.
4. Paraphrase what this quotation tells you about Scrooge’s
personality.
5. Describe the difficult working conditions that Scrooge’s clerk
must endure.
6. What does Scrooge say in response to his nephew’s
Christmas greeting?
7. Why does Scrooge think that his nephew should not be
merry?
8. Who visits Scrooge after his nephew?
9. What do they want?
10. When Scrooge reaches his house, what does he see in the
door knocker?
11. How does he react to what he sees?
12. Describe Marley's ghost.
13. Why must he travel far and wide and why does he wear a
chain?
14. According to Marley’s ghost, why is he visiting Scrooge?
15. List three things in this chapter that prove the setting is
England, 1843.
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Grammar Hunt
1 phrase
1 independent clause
1 dependent clause
3 nouns
3 action verbs
3 adjectives
3 adverbs