Why is mrs. cratchit reluctant to drink when bob proposes a toast to mr. scrooge? a. she resents scrooge for his miserly ways and his poor treatment of her husband. b. she thinks her husband's toast is his way of making fun of scrooge. c. she does not want to drink any of the cider until her children have all had their share. d. she knows that scrooge is watching the family with the ghost of christmas present.

not exaxtly

explanation: it depends on the situation like if u do something good there will be good consequences which arent punishments but if you do somthing bad there will be bad consequences which are punishements.

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”