In the story A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, a penny-pinching and bitter Ebenezer Scrooge values money more than people. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

Our neighbor has a reputation for being a Scrooge, so we don't even stop at his door any more when we're fundraising.

Question 5 options:

kind

jealous

stingy and rude

Stingy and Rude.

Explanation:

Being a scrooge means you are unhappy, disrespectful, rude, etc. He is not kind nor jealous, so that leaves the final answer.

d

explanation:

two factors or characteristics of a chapter that might make it difficult to read would be words i don't understand, or if i don't fully understand what's going on in the chapter. strategies i can use to get through the difficult material would be a dictionary, and re-reading previous chapters to get a better grasp of what the author is trying to say.