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Plot Summary: Stave 1 A____________, old Ebenezer ___________________sits in his office on a cold Christmas_____. His clerk, Bob_____________, shivers because Scrooge refuses to spend _____________on coals for a fire. Scrooge's nephew, _________, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual _______________ party. Scrooge reacts with bitterness and venom, spitting out an angry "_____ ______________" in response to his nephew's "Merry Christmas!"   Two _______ gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge to donate some money to their___________. He refuses asking them if the “________________ are still open?”, if so the __________ should go there. Later that evening, after returning to his dark, cold apartment, Scrooge receives visitation from the ghost of___________ ______________. Marley’s punishment for his _______________ life is his spirit has been condemned to wander the Earth weighted down with heavy chains. Marley hopes to __________ Scrooge from sharing the same fate. Marley informs Scrooge that three _____________ will visit him during each of the next three nights. After the Marley______________, Scrooge collapses into a deep____________.

Answers: Stave 1 A miserly, old Ebenezer Scrooge sits in his office on a cold Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit, shivers because Scrooge refuses to spend money on coals for a fire. Scrooge's nephew, Fred, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party. Scrooge reacts with bitterness and venom, spitting out an angry "Bah! Humbug!" in response to his nephew's "Merry Christmas!"   Two portly gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge to donate some money to their charity. He refuses asking them if the “prisons are still open?”, if so the poor should go there. Later that evening, after returning to his dark, cold apartment, Scrooge receives visitation from the ghost of Jacob Marley. Marley’s punishment for his greedy life is his spirit has been condemned to wander the Earth weighted down with heavy chains. Marley hopes to save Scrooge from sharing the same fate. Marley informs Scrooge that three spirits will visit him during each of the next three nights. After the Marley disappears, Scrooge collapses into a deep sleep.

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Macduff is the thane of F Duncan’s oldest son M Duncan’s youngest son D “Take my breast milk for__” G B – the wood that climbs the hill The hill the wood climbs – D Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to be the S____ under the flower Macbeth tells Banquo’s ghost not to shake its GL The Chronicle Shakespeare used to find out about the real Macbeth H A key Motif in the play – K Where the Witches meet – H Is this a D_______ is see before me? The goddess of witchcraft – H Macbeth is thane of G at the start of the play Macbeth has murdered Duncan and because of that she has Murdered S Macduff was born by C When Macbeth is discussing life he says ‘Out brief C’ Macbeth is headed for DD in Act 5

LF Scrooges nickname for his sister. F Scrooge’s first boss O “As solitary as an ______” from Stave 1. BH Scrooge’s catch phrase F Scrooge is as hard and as sharp as____” Stave 1 SP Scrooge would like to ‘decrease the______’ Stave 1 Scrooge’s Ex business partner JM C A key symbol for the Sins people carry in the afterlife. This M perfectly describes the sad mood in Stave 1. TT This character won’t see another Christmas unless things change W&I – These ‘children’ hide under the cloak of the ghost of Xmas future. B Scrooge’s fiancée B a key Motif throughout the story. AB The book the young Scrooge is reading. H Scrooge promises to ___________ Christmas. PL These PLs put pressure on the Crachits WH This is where you were sent if you were poor GBUE Tiny Tim’s catchphrase

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