Early Life
Charles Dickens was born.
What is February 7, 1812?
People could be sent here for not paying their debts.
What is debtors' prison?
Charles Dickens had this many children total, two of which died in infancy or childhood.
What was 10?
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"They had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
Who was Scrooge? (A Christmas Carol 1843)
When Charles was 12 years old, his father was sent here.
What is debtors' prison?
Families who were sent to workhouses together often had this happen.
What was were separated?
Charles married Catherine Hogarth in 1836 and by 1858, this happened.
What was they divorced?
The main character of A Christmas Carol, he often says "Humbug".
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
"I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement."
Who was a politician? (Donald Trump)
This was the queen who reigned when Dickens was alive.
Who was Queen Victoria?
This is the year that Charles Dickens died.
What was 1870.
In A Christmas Carol, this was Scrooge's clerk.
"I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody."
Who was a politician? (Barack Obama)
Charles left school at this age.
What is 15?
What was the treadmill?
The last book Charles was working on at his death was called this.
What was Edwin Drood?
Scrooge's deceased (dead) partner.
Who was Jacob Marley?
"A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every twenty-fifth of December!"
Who was Scrooge?
Charles' job out of school was this.
What was as an office boy for an attorney (lawyer)?
Children often worked in textile factories, picking up pieces of fabric and string from amongst the machine's workings. Many of these children were this age.
What was as young as 6 years old?
Charles was buried here.
What was Westminster Abbey?
Bob Cratchit's young, sickly son who said "God bless us, every one!"
Who was Tiny Tim?
"It’s enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people’s."
Who was Scrooge?