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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 does Fagin tell about the botched robbery in hopes of assistance?
(a) Tom.
(b) Monks.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Bombadil.

2. What does Oliver tell Rose and the doctor when he comes to after being treated for his wounds?
(a) His thought out apology.
(b) His life story.
(c) What he would like to become.
(d) The story he was taught by Fagin to tell.

3. What does the dying woman need to tell Mrs. Corney?
(a) She knows who Oliver's mother is.
(b) She is Oliver's mother.
(c) She is leaving all her money to Mr. Bumble.
(d) She once stole gold from a young and dying mother.

4. What is Mrs. Corney about to do just before Mr. Bumble comes to visit her?
(a) Write him a letter.
(b) Make some bread.
(c) Go to bed.
(d) Have some tea.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fagin strike Oliver with when he tries to run away?

2. What is the sentence given to Oliver after his hearing?

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

4. How does the dying woman tell Mrs. Corney her secret?

5. Why is Oliver so afraid of going to Bill's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oliver do when he is punished for his attack after Mr. Sowerberry comes home?

2. What do Dodger and Charley do to try and get Oliver to stay in their gang?

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

4. What happens when Fagin sends Oliver out with Dodger and Charley for the first time?

5. Why does Mr. Brownlow offer to raise the reward on Bill and Fagin's heads?

6. What does Oliver decide to do during the big robbery?

7. Where do Mr. and Mrs. Bumble end up at the end of the book?

8. How does Dickens excuse Dodger and Charley's reaction to the events after the theft of the handkerchief?

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

10. What is the game that Fagin teaches Oliver, and what is it meant to teach?

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