Which statement most accurately summarizes what the audience learns about Scrooge after his four visions with the Ghost of Christmas Past?

Question

A. Scrooge was not a grumpy miser his entire life.
B. Scrooge had a close relationship with his family.
C. From an early age, Scrooge isolated himself from others.
D. Even as a child, Scrooge had an obsession with money.
Part B
Which quotation from Act I of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley best supports the answer to Part A?
A. Past. The schoolroom is not quite deserted. A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.
B. Fan. He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home.
C. Scrooge. If ever I own a firm of my own, I shall treat my apprentices with the same dignity and the same grace.
D. Scrooge. There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!

Answer 1

For Part A, the statement that most accurately summarizes what the audience learns about Scrooge after his four visions with the Ghost of Christmas Past is:

A. Scrooge was not a grumpy miser his entire life.

For Part B, the quotation that best supports the answer to Part A is:

B. Fan. He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home.

This quotation reflects a softer moment in Scrooge's past, indicating that he had a loving relationship with his sister and suggesting that he was not always the same bitter character he has become.