1. Explain how Scrooge lives up to your opinion of him in his dealings with Bob Cratchit, his nephew, and the two gentlemen who came to collect...

Question 1:

Scrooge’s name has come to mean someone who is grumpy and stingy, and he shows both of the qualities when he interacts with other characters in the beginning of the story. Bob Cratchit is Scrooge’s clerk. Scrooge refuses to pay the few cents it would take to get a little extra coal to heat the freezing cold office. He begrudges Bob the day off for Christmas, telling him to be in even earlier...

Question 1:

Scrooge’s name has come to mean someone who is grumpy and stingy, and he shows both of the qualities when he interacts with other characters in the beginning of the story. Bob Cratchit is Scrooge’s clerk. Scrooge refuses to pay the few cents it would take to get a little extra coal to heat the freezing cold office. He begrudges Bob the day off for Christmas, telling him to be in even earlier the day after. 

When his nephew comes in to cheerfully wish Scrooge a Merry Christmas, Scrooge says “Bah, Humbug!” and then demands, “Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.” Scrooge believes only money can make people happy.

Two gentlemen come to the office to ask for donations for charity. They are shocked when Scrooge refuses to donate, and even suggests the poor should die to ‘decrease the surplus population.’

In each of these interactions, Scrooge stays true to character.

Question 2:

Given the fact Scrooge is later visited by Marley’s ghost, it is more than likely that the face in the doorknocker is truly Marley’s. When he gets to the apartment, he walks through all the rooms and double locks the door, something he usually does not do. He also looks under the bed and in the closet. The face in the doorknocker definitely left him on edge.