Honestly I don’t even understand the question
Use proper reading skills make note and read the paragraph at least 2 times
A. becase "Parsimony" in a nutshell is to be really conservative of resources, in this case, Scrooge's sympathy would not be wasted on Tim.
B. The observers up front were asked to sit down so that the ones in the back could see. When you are talking about people, you use sit, not set.