character at the beginning of the reason was he was mean.
At the end of the story, Scrooge had Christmas spirit and was jolly and kind!
Explanation:
The answer for this question is A
What McCracken means by <em>the thrill of the terrifying </em>is the adrenaline one feels when one is scared. She says that she likes being scared, which she rarely got the opportunity to be, given that she was always surrounded by people, and her dreams and nightmares are the only places where she could be alone, and scared if she wanted to.
