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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: A Christmas Carol
Level: Grade 8
Score: 2
Author: shelleygeorge
Last Modified: 10 years ago

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Grade 8 A Christmas Carol

What can the reader infer is the author's message in the following passage:
"They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from waterproof; their clothes were scanty...but they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another, and contented with the time..."
  1. although the family is poor, they are also foolish and they deserve what they get
  2. although the family is poor, they are also cruel and vicious to others
  3. although the family is poor, they are also rich in love and gratitude
  4. although the family is wealthy, they are lacking in love