Why does scrooge ask the charity men whether the prisons and
workhouses are still available to the poor?
a.
in scrooge's time, the poor are treated with great care and
compassion in the prisons and in the workhouses.
b.
in scrooge's era, poverty and hardship don't exist because
of the efforts of those who run prisons and workhouses.
c.
in scrooge's london, prisons and workhouses are two
places that most poor people are very happy to go to when
they are in need of basic necessities.
d.
in scrooge's society, these places provide the poor with
basic necessities, but they are also known as places of
great cruelty and hardship.