Mickey's Christmas Carol
Walt Disney's Mickey's Christmas Carol is based on the famous novella by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Disney's Scrooge McDuck plays the role of Dickens' miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, one of the most famous characters in world literature. Mickey Mouse plays the role of Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's poor employee; Donald Duck plays the role of Scrooge's cheerful nephew; while other famous Disney characters appear in various roles. See the Disney cartoon (in three parts), beginning at Part One, then answer the following questions for class during the Week of 27 November 2007:
1. What does the dog ask Ebenezer Scrooge (McDuck) in the very first line of dialogue?
2. What is the name of Scrooge's dead partner?
3. How many years has he been dead?
4. Why does Scrooge call him "a good one" (a good man)?
5. Where did Scrooge bury him?
6. What does Micky Mouse (Bob Cratchit) say he's doing with the piece of coal when Scrooge walks in?
7. How much time does Mickey want off for Christmas?
8. How much money does Scrooge plan to "dock" Mickey's salary for the holiday?
9. How much salary does Scrooge pay Mickey?
10. How many years ago did Scrooge give Mickey a raise?
11. Why did Scrooge give Mickey a raise?
12. What's in the bundle that Scooge tosses Mickey?
13. What does Fred (Donald Duck) wish Mickey and Scrooge when he first walks in?
14. What kind of day does Scrooge call Christmas?
15. What punishment does Scrooge imagine for people who think differently about the Christmas holiday?
16. According to Mickey, what is Christmas a time for?
17. What does Scrooge call his nephew (Donald Duck) after he leaves?
18. What does Scrooge think the two men are who walk in after Donald Duck leave?
19. Who are they collecting for?
20. How does Scrooge reason with the men that he'll be putting them out of a job if he gives them money?
21. What does Scrooge say people want to do with the money people make?
22. When Mickey calls Scrooge kind, what does Scrooge say? "Never mind _____."
23. When does Scrooge say Mickey should arrive at work the next day?
24. Who follows Scrooge as he walks up the stairs in his house?
25. How many locks are there on Scrooge's door (counting the main lock too)?
26. What does Jacob Marley (Pluto) say after he falls down in Scrooge's house?
27. What does Scrooge say that Marley had because he robbed and swindled people?
28. What is Marley forced to carry through eternity as punishment?
29. How many spirits does Marley say Scrooge will be visited by?
30. How many fingers does Pluto hold up when he counts the spirits?
31. How heavy does Marley say that Scrooge's chains will be if he doesn't do what the spirits tell him to do?
32. What does Marley slip on as he goes out?
33. What is the name of the first ghost (Jiminy Cricket)?
34. What does Scrooge say about this ghost's height?
35. What, according to Scrooge, is of little use in this world?
36. Jiminy Cricket calls Scrooge a "miserable miser." What does he say Scrooge is consumed by?
37. Speaking to Scrooge, where does Isabella (Donald's ex-girlfriend) say she's standing under?
38. According to Scrooge, where is she standing?
39. What does Scrooge remember as he watches the scene from his past with Isabella?
40.What kind of cottage did Isabella have for years?
41. What promise of Scrooge was she waiting for?
42. Why does Scrooge threaten to foreclose the mortgage on the cottage?
43. What, according to Cricket, does Scrooge love more than Isabella?
44. Why does Scrooge beg Cricket to take him home?
45. According to the next ghost, where did all the food shown Scrooge come from?
46. According to this ghost, what has Scrooge long denied his fellow man?
47. What kind of bird does Scrooge think that Mrs. Cratchit is cooking?
48. What's actually on the fire, which is not food?
49. Who does Mickey say the family must wait for?
50. Who does Tiny Tim say they must thank for their food?
51. What does the ghost envision (see) will happen if the shadows of the present remain unchanged?
52. Who is the first person that Scrooge asks about when speaking to the third ghost?
53. What does Scrooge say the three spirits have given him?
54. How many gold sovereigns does Scrooge give the two charity men after leaving his house on Xmas morning?
55. When Scrooge thinks they're not enough, how many does he give?
56. What kind of bargain does Scrooge think the two men "drive" (this is part of an idiomatic phrase, "to drive a_____ bargain")?
57. How many gold pieces does Scrooge given in addition to the previous money?
58. What does Scrooge tell his nephew (Donald Duck) that he's looking forward to?
59. What does Scrooge tell Donald he likes?
60. What does Scrooge tell Mickey that Christmas is an excuse for?
61. What does Scrooge tell Mickey he's had enough of?
62. What does Scrooge say he is giving Mickey?
63. What is Scrooge making Mickey?
64. What are Tiny Tim's final words?
65. How many ghosts visit Scrooge on Christmas Eve?
66. What are their names?
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