paper 2

Question 1

Oh! But he was a tight-…….. hand at the ……….

Answer 1

Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone

Question 2

Are there no ………?” “Are there no ………?

Answer 2

Are there no prisons?” “Are there no workhouses?

Question 3

I should like to be able to say a …… or two to my …….

Answer 3

I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk

Question 4

overcome with ………… and grief

Answer 4

overcome with penitence and grief

Question 5

down …… his knee

Answer 5

down upon his knee

Question 6

he had never penetrated before

part of london

Answer 6

had never ……… before

Question 7

Let me see some ……. connected with a ………

Answer 7

Let me see some tenderness connected with a death

Question 8

I will not be the ….. I must have been

Answer 8

i will not be the man i must have been

Question 9

pathetic fallacy

Answer 9

weather reflects mood of character

Question 10

It was cold, ….., biting weather

Stave 1

Answer 10

It was cold, bleak, biting weather

Question 11

the fog and darkness ……….

Stave 1

scrooge rejects the men asking for money

Answer 11

the fog and darkness thickened