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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? ****  To aware Ebineziner that he was going to be visited by a ghostly spirit. ** ** 2. Why did Marley visit Scrooge? ****  What does this visit tell us about Marley? Marley visits Scrooge to warn him about the ghosts and to get him to realize that he needs to be nicer and less greedy. This tells us that Marley wishes he could be alive again so he could become a better person and that he doesn’t want Scrooge to suffer what he’s suffering. ** ** 3. What does Marley’s chain represent? ** **  How is the chain made? ****  Marley’s chain represents Marley’s greediness as a human and it is a very long chain because he was so greedy the chain was made up of keys, cashboxes, and padlocks and some other things. ** ** 4. What frightens Scrooge the most in this section? ** ** I think seeing Jacob Marley’s face and the chains must have scared him the most. ** ** 5. Explain Marley’s fate. What does Marley explain to Scrooge about his never-ending journey? ** **  Marley had a terrible fate. He became blind and had ongoing journeys. He explains to scrooge that he had to do this because he was greedy like him. ** <span style="background: red; color: #6bfd49; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> ** <span style="background: lime; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">6. What does Scrooge learn from Marley? ** ** <span style="background: red; color: #6bfd49; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Scrooge learns from marley that he betting clean up his act or his fate will be like his. **<span style="color: #6bfd49; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">

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