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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. What does Mr. Bumble do to entertain himself while Mrs. Corney is away with the dying woman?
(a) Read some of her books.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Take a tour of her home.
(d) Take inventory of her possessions.

2. What does Oliver's mother do just before she dies?
(a) Names him.
(b) Kisses him.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Writes the name of his father.

3. What does Mr. Grimwig say to Mr. Brownlow about Oliver?
(a) He is dishonest and will escape at his first chance.
(b) He is a sweet and honest little thing.
(c) He will steal Mr. Brownlow blind.
(d) He has had a hard life and will never recover from the harshness.

4. What does Mr. Giles fail to mention to his lady about Oliver the thief?
(a) He was one of a group.
(b) He took nothing.
(c) He is wounded.
(d) He is a child.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oliver think Bill wants to do with him as they travel to the site of the big robbery?

2. Who gives Oliver his daily beatings while he is in solitary confinement?

3. Who asks Mr. Bumble to send their love to Oliver in London before he leaves?

4. Who does Fagin decide to use in his next big robbery with Bill Sikes?

5. Which of the following people is NOT present when Toby comes to Fagin's house after the botched robbery?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Mr. Brownlow leave so suddenly for the West Indies?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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