What does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal about the character of ebenezer scrooge? “there’s the saucepan that the gruel was in! ” cried scrooge, starting off again, and going round the fireplace. “there’s the door, by which the ghost of jacob marley entered! there’s the corner where the ghost of christmas present, sat! there’s the window where i saw the wandering spirits! it’s all right, it’s all true, it all happened. ha ha ha! ” really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh. the father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs! “i don’t know what day of the month it is! ” said scrooge. “i don’t know how long i’ve been among the spirits. i don’t know anything. i’m quite a baby. never mind. i don’t care. i’d rather be a baby. hallo! whoop! hallo here! ” a. scrooge feels happy to be alive and to have another chance to make things right in his life. b. scrooge feels happy and relieved that he has escaped the christmas ghosts and is back in his house. c. scrooge laughs with joy as he realizes that his experience with the christmas ghosts was only a dream. d. scrooge returns home a greedier man after his experiences and doesn’t care if he acts like a miser.

3one of the biggest impacts a building has on earth is the energy it uses. currently, most of the world’s energy comes from burning fossil fuels. these fuels are dirty and when they are burned they pollute the air and water. one way to burn fewer fossil fuels is to reduce the amount of electricity a building has to use. passive solar heating, which uses heat from the sun, reduces the amount of fossil fuel used to heat buildings. passive solar heating requires a south-facing wall made of glass. when sunlight shines through the wall, it is collected and used to warm the building. another way green buildings reduce their electricity use is to install other energy sources. for example, some green buildings use panels that turn energy from the sun into useable electricity. which is the best summary of paragraph 3? a) fossil fuels are dirty and pollute the air and water. most of the world's energy comes from these fuels. b) the biggest problem of buildings is that they use fuel that is dirty for heating. they need to do something to be more energy efficient. c) panels that turn energy from the sun into electricity and passive solar heating can stop the burning of fossil fuels which pollute air and water. d) since fossil fuels are dirty and pollute the air and water, other technologies that pollute less and produce energy have been developed like solar energy and green buildings.