A Christmas Carol-Stave 2 questions

Use the guiding angel to help you find the answers in the text.

1. According to the nearby church chimes and his own watch, what time is it when Scrooge wakes up?

2. Tell why he finds it hard to believe this is the correct time.

3. How does the Ghost of Christmas Past get Scrooge’s attention?

4. List five physical details that give this Ghost a strange appearance.

5. Discuss what the ghost says is his business with Scrooge.

6. The ghost helps Scrooge revisit scenes from five past Christmases. Describe each of these five scenes.

7. Explain how Scrooge gets rid of the Ghost of Christmas Past.

8. What does the light coming from the top of the ghost’s head represent or symbolize?

9. Each of the five scenes Scrooge sees again in Stave Two makes him regret something that he failed to do. Identify and describe each of these five regrets.

10. What was the overall effect on Scrooge of his trip into the past?

11. What do you think is the meaning of Scrooge’s inability to extinguish the Ghost’s light?

Vocabulary Words to know

repeater: watch or clock that can be made to strike the time
reclamation: rescuing or recovering a person from their mistakes.
jocund: cheerful, happy
cupola: small dome or similar structure on a roof
deal forms: long benches made from unpainted pine
condescension: looking down on something in a haughty way.
gainsay: deny
apprenticed: bound as a worker without pay to learn a trade from a master craftsman
organ of benevolence: area above the forehead, believed by some to be the source of kindliness
porter: dark-brown beer
negus: hot wine punch with lemon and spices
avarice: greed
fraught: filled
dowerless: without a dowry, or the property a woman brought to her husband at marriage




		Use the guiding angel to help you find the answers in the text.


1. According to the nearby church chimes and his own watch, what time is it when Scrooge wakes up? 2. Tell why he finds it hard to believe this is the correct time. 3. How does the Ghost of Christmas Past get Scrooge’s attention? 4. List five physical details that give this Ghost a strange appearance. 5. Discuss what the ghost says is his business with Scrooge. 6. The ghost helps Scrooge revisit scenes from five past Christmases. Describe each of these five scenes. 7. Explain how Scrooge gets rid of the Ghost of Christmas Past. 8. What does the light coming from the top of the ghost’s head represent or symbolize? 9. Each of the five scenes Scrooge sees again in Stave Two makes him regret something that he failed to do. Identify and describe each of these five regrets. 10. What was the overall effect on Scrooge of his trip into the past? 11. What do you think is the meaning of Scrooge’s inability to extinguish the Ghost’s light? Vocabulary Words to know repeater: watch or clock that can be made to strike the time reclamation: rescuing or recovering a person from their mistakes. jocund: cheerful, happy cupola: small dome or similar structure on a roof deal forms: long benches made from unpainted pine condescension: looking down on something in a haughty way. gainsay: deny apprenticed: bound as a worker without pay to learn a trade from a master craftsman organ of benevolence: area above the forehead, believed by some to be the source of kindliness porter: dark-brown beer negus: hot wine punch with lemon and spices avarice: greed fraught: filled dowerless: without a dowry, or the property a woman brought to her husband at marriage
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