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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes care of Oliver after his mother dies?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His father.
(c) The nurse.
(d) A foster care center.

2. Why is Oliver so afraid of going to Bill's house?
(a) He is afraid of Bill's dog.
(b) He thinks Bill wants to kill him.
(c) He is afraid he will have to live there.
(d) He does not want to be a part of a robbery.

3. What is Oliver's job at the regular workhouse?
(a) Lifting loads of wheat.
(b) Darning socks.
(c) Picking oakrum.
(d) Delivering packages.

4. What is the book about that Oliver is given while he waits for the big robbery to begin?
(a) A gang of thieves who gets caught and hung.
(b) Biblical stories for children.
(c) A history of criminals.
(d) A handbook on torture.

5. What does Mr. Bumble tell Mrs. Sowerberry was the cause of Oliver's bad behavior after Oliver's attack?
(a) A fever.
(b) Sleep deprivation.
(c) Too much food.
(d) Mocking and taunting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is the parish willing to offer to someone to take Oliver off their hands?

2. How is Rose related to the lady of the house?

3. What does the dying woman need to tell Mrs. Corney?

4. What do many infants die of while Oliver works for Mr. Sowerberry?

5. Who is the first person Oliver meets when he gets to London?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oliver feel when he is apprenticed to Mr. Sowerberry?

2. What does Mr. Bumble do to secure for himself the position he hopes to be advanced to?

3. What is the secret that Sally confesses to Mrs. Corney just before she dies?

4. What kind of nightmare does Oliver have when Harry comes to see Rose, and what does he see when he wakes up?

5. When they talk on the bridge, why does Nancy tell Rose that she can never leave Fagin?

6. What does Bill do when he hears about what Nancy has told Rose?

7. What does Mr. Bumble tell Mr. Brownlow when he arrives in London, and what is Mr. Brownlow's response to this?

8. How does Nancy find out where Oliver is staying when he is in town with Rose?

9. What does Charley worry will happen if Dodger is shipped away?

10. What, and how often, does Harry ask Oliver to write to him after Harry leaves his mother's house?

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