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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 father.
(b) The nurse.
(c) A foster care center.
(d) His aunt.

2. How does the dying woman tell Mrs. Corney her secret?
(a) Writes it on paper.
(b) Screams it in fits of pain.
(c) Sings it.
(d) Whispers in her ear.

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

4. What is Mr. Giles's occupation?
(a) Chef.
(b) Thief.
(c) Butler.
(d) Bartender.

5. What do Dodger and Charley do when Oliver is caught by a policeman?
(a) Promise to get him out.
(b) Run away.
(c) Laugh at him.
(d) Get Fagin.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where do Bill and Oliver eat dinner just before the big robbery?

4. What does Mr. Giles fail to mention to his lady about Oliver the thief?

5. How does Charley plan to retire from working for Fagin one day soon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oliver think Bill wants to do with him when they are traveling to the site of the big robbery?

2. How does Bill try to hide the evidence of his murder?

3. What does Charley do when Bill enters Toby's hideout?

4. What happens when Oliver knocks on the door of the house he tried to rob?

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

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

7. What does Fagin do when he hears about what happened to Oliver during the botched robbery?

8. How is Oliver's name cleared at the hearing after the theft of the handkerchief?

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

10. How does Nancy react when Fagin strikes Oliver for trying to run away?

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