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Stave 2: The First of the Three Spirits

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Questions

1) Why is Scrooge astonished when he first wakes up?

2) What does the figure look like?

3) According to the text, what was the strangest thing about the figure?

4) What is the name of the figure?

5) Where does the Ghost of Christmas Past take Scrooge first?

6) Why does Scrooge start sobbing?

7) Who comes to bring Scrooge home from school?

8) Whose party does the Ghost take Scrooge to?

9) How does Scrooge feel as he watches the ball?

10) Why does Belle break off her engagement to Scrooge?

11) Where is the final place the Ghost takes Scrooge?

12) When does Scrooge beg the Ghost to take him away from the scene?

13) Belle says "Another idol has displaced me; and if it can cheer and comfort you in time to come, as I would have tried to do, I have no just cause to grieve."

What does she mean when she says that word "idol"?

14) In the same quote by Belle (copied below), what does she mean when she by "no just cause to grieve"?

"Another idol has displaced me; and if it can cheer and comfort you in time to come, as I would have tried to do, I have no just cause to grieve."

15) What is the main point of this chapter?

16) How does the chapter end?

17) Were there any events that weren't clear to you?