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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver do when he realizes what he is expected to do?

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

3. Why does Noah taunt Oliver to the point of rage while they work together for the undertaker?

4. What is Mrs. Corney about to do just before Mr. Bumble comes to visit her?

5. What does Mr. Bumble see on a sign when he first arrives in London after Oliver is taken to Fagin's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who wants to take Oliver off the parishes' hands, and why is he refused?

3. What does Rose say is the only way she will agree to marry Harry, and why does she feel this way?

4. What condition is given in Oliver's father's will about his son receiving an inheritance?

5. What does Nancy tell Oliver when she comes to take Oliver to Bill's house just before the big robbery?

6. What does Mr. Giles say when he is asked by the police if Oliver is the child he saw with the robbers the night before?

7. How do the people in Mrs. Maylie's house feel about Oliver when he comes to after having his gunshot wound tended to?

8. How does Oliver find food on his long journey to London after he runs away from Mr. Sowerberry's house?

9. How does Oliver feel about what he witnesses on the day of Fagin's hanging?

10. What is the first assignment Fagin gives to Noah when he begins working for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This play takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Dickens have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Poverty is a very important theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and how does Dickens present the theme in a dynamic way?

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