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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Bumble plan to do when he reaches the Sowerberry home after Oliver's attack?
(a) Treat his wounds.
(b) Take him to jail.
(c) Flog him.
(d) Take him back to the workhouse.

2. Why does Oliver decide to run away to London after leaving the Sowerberrys' house?
(a) He has always wanted to go there.
(b) There are jobs to be found there.
(c) It is large enough that Mr. Bumble won't find him there.
(d) He thinks he might find his mother there.

3. What is Mr. Sowerberry's occupation?
(a) Undertaker.
(b) Chimney Sweep.
(c) Workhouse Administrator.
(d) Coal Shoveler.

4. What does Fagin threaten to do to Oliver if he tries to run away again?
(a) Whip him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Send him back to jail.
(d) Starve him.

5. Why is Oliver not sent to live with the man who is willing to take him in?
(a) The man was not gainfully employed.
(b) Oliver was terrified of the man.
(c) The man had a criminal record.
(d) Oliver was too young for such menial labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver see Fagin looking at when he wakes up in Fagin's house for the first time?

2. Why does Mr. Brownlow say that he removed the portrait that Oliver loves so much?

3. How far away is London when Oliver decides to run away from Mr. Sowerberry's house?

4. What is Fagin most worried about when he hears that Oliver is in jail?

5. What is the first job Fagin gives to Oliver on his first morning in Fagin's house?

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