Scrooge

Question 1

‘he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone͛

Answer 1

Very greedy and not sharing

Question 2

͚A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!͛

Answer 2

wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner!͛ is quite aggressive and suggests this old man is not innocent and is not loving or kind as an old man is depicted to be.

Question 3

͚solitary as an oyster͛

Answer 3

Oysters are hard to get into and are found by themselves which suggests they are isolated.

Question 4

͚hard and sharp as flint͛

Answer 4

Flint can course a fire but is also very brittle and sharp. Flint can also be looked as as a weapon.

Question 5

͚The cold within him froze his old features͛

Answer 5

This suggests Scrooge can have a cold heart

Question 6

͚He carried his own low temperature always͛

Answer 6

Low temperature can mean bad mood

Question 7

͚he iced his office͛

Answer 7

He is too tight fisted to put any coal in the fire so he can save money.

Question 8

͚Once upon a time͙͛

Answer 8

Dickens reminds us it is a story

Question 9

͚he might keep an eye on his clerk͛

Answer 9

Scrooge does not trust Bob because he is lower class and scrooge thinks he might steal

Question 10

͚Scrooge had a very small fire, but the clerk͛s fire was so very much smaller that it looked
like one coal͛.

Answer 10

Scrooge is very tight fisted and is not willing to waste money even to keep him and his worker warm.

Question 11

͚He couldn͛t replenish it͛

Answer 11

Scrooge keeps the coal with him because he does not trust bob.

Question 12

͚Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room͛

Answer 12

Scrooge does not care about anyone else only himself which tells us he is selfish