Stave 4

Question 1

Initial description of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come:

Answer 1

“The phantom slowly gravely, silently approached”

Question 2

The three ghosts have altered Scrooge:

Answer 2

“I know your purpose is to do me good … I hope to live to be another man from what I was”

Question 3

Scrooge wants to know if he can change the things that he has seen:

Answer 3

“Are these Shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be only?”

Question 4

Scrooge overhears some businessmen talking about his death:

Answer 4

“It’s likely to be a cheap funeral … I don’t know of anybody to go to it”

Question 5

People are talking about how they have benefited from Scrooge’s death:

Answer 5

“You took ‘em down, rings and all, with him lying there?”

Question 6

Physical description of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come:

Answer 6

“Shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form.”

Question 7

Scrooge sees how Bob’s family react to tiny Tim’s death:

Answer 7

“Thought a little and composed himself … went down again quite happy”