In scene 5 of A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, beginning in paragraph 15, the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge the school of his boyhood. Reread this
section, and cite at least two pieces of evidence from the text that support the idea
that Scrooge was a lonely boy at school and that memories of this time still make
him sad.

Based on the information in the passage, what conclusion can the reader make?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Explain how creon’s tragic downfall reveals the ancient greek belief that nothing happens by chance.