Choose two extracts that show Scrooge’s character before he is visited by the ghosts, and two extracts after he has met them, to indicate the changes in Scrooge’s character. For example:

“before” extract

showing that Scrooge is …

SCRROGE: Stop it! I say! (singing stops)

Get away from here. We’ll have no singing around here. Understand me! No singing!

a killjoy, antisocial

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“before” extract

showing that Scrooge is …

SCRROGE: Stop it! I say! (singing stops)

Get away from here. We’ll have no singing around here. Understand me! No singing!

a killjoy, antisocial

SCRROGE: A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every twenty-fifty day of December. I suppose you must have the whole day. But be here all the earlier the next day. Understand?

a miser

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“after” extract

Showing that Scrooge is …

SCRROGE: I will not be the man I must have been but for this lesson. I will honour Christmas in my heart.

no longer antisocial

SCRROGE: Go and buy it. I am in earnest. Here is the money. Catch. (Pause) deliver it to Bob Cratchit, who lives on Golden Street in Camden Town.

generous

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Apart from the narrator, the other major character in the story is the grandmother. Choose five words that best sum up her character, and support your choice with relevant extracts from the story, i.e.,

The grandmother is…	Extracts that illustrate this…
(a)	-
(b)	-
(c)	-
(d)	-
(e)	-

The poet's lament in the poem 'The Solitary Reaper' is that __________

(i) he cannot understand the song

(ii) he did not know the lass

(iii) she stopped singing at once

(iv) he had to move away

Choose extracts from the story that illustrate the characters of these people in it.

Person	Extracts from the story	What this tells us about their characters
Mrs. Bramble	(Para 12) “Bill we must keep it from Harold”	She was not honest and open with her son; concerned mother
Mr. Bramble	(Para 33)	--
Percy	(Para 109)	-
Jerry Fisher	(Para 110)	-

Choose extracts from the story that illustrate the characters of these people in it.

Person	Extracts from the story	What this tells us about their characters
Mrs. Bramble	(Para 12) “Bill we must keep it from Harold”	She was not honest and open with her son; concerned mother
Mr. Bramble	(Para 33)
Percy	(Para 109)
Jerry Fisher	(Para 110)

Now that you have read the poem, add more personality traits to the word-web of the frog and the nightingale as depicted in the poem. Then complete the table given below. (Some of the words in the box below may help you. You may also use the words given in Q. 1.)

Character	Extract	Personality
Nightingale	Sorry - was that you who spoke?	Polite, Timorous
Frog	Yes,… you see, I'm the frog who owns this tree In this bog I've long been known For my splendid baritone.
Nightingale	Did you…did you like my song?
Frog	Not too bad - but far too long The technique was fine, of course, But it lacked a certain force.
Frog	Without proper training such as I And a few others can supply You'll remain a mere beginner, But with me you'll be a winner.
Nightingale	But I can't sing in this weather.
Nightingale	…This is a fairy tale - And you're Mozart in disguise Come to earth before my eyes.
Frog	Come, my dear - we'll sing together.
Frog	We must aim for better billing You still owe me sixty shillings.
Frog	Brainless bird - you're on the stage Use your wits and follow fashion. Puff your lungs out with your passion.
Frog	…I tried to teach her, But she was a stupid creature.

Dismissive	Nervous	Timid	Presumptuous
Superior	Fawning	Shy	Polite
Meek	Possessive	Dominating	Mercenery

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“after” extract	Showing that Scrooge is …
SCRROGE: I will not be the man I must have been but for this lesson. I will honour Christmas in my heart.	no longer antisocial
SCRROGE: Go and buy it. I am in earnest. Here is the money. Catch. (Pause) deliver it to Bob Cratchit, who lives on Golden Street in Camden Town.	generous