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Chapter 2

**Study Group Questions: ** **Chapter 2—Marley’s Visit ** Discuss the following questions together with your group. Be prepared to share your answers with the whole class.

1. What was the purpose of the ringing bell? It warned him when the first ghost would come. 2. Why did Marley visit Scrooge? What does this visit tell us about Marley? Marley visited Scrooge to tell him that he was a bad person and he needed to change his ways. This visit told us that Marley was also a bad person and he was like scrooge. 3. What does Marley’s chain represent? How is the chain made? Marley’s chain represents human greed. The chain is made by every time he was greedy, another link is added. 4. What frightens Scrooge the most in this section? Scrooge was frightened the most by the chain that Marley had to drag around and that he would have do drag a chain around once he died. 5. Explain Marley’s fate. What does Marley explain to Scrooge about his never-ending journey? Marley’s fate is just going to be him travelling around and never stopping. Marley told Scrooge that his journey was torture and he got no rest. 6. What does Scrooge learn from Marley? Scrooge learned from Marley that he had to become a better person and three ghosts would be visiting him.