Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will see how Oliver loses his temper and makes a life-changing decision to run away. We will also explore how Mr. and Mrs. Bumble treat Oliver.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Where is Oliver during this lesson's extract?
Correct answer: A workhouse for young boys
In his house
Prison
Q2.
Oliver asks for more _____
Correct answer: Gruel
Pizza
Sausages
Q3.
What prediction does the workhouse board member make about Oliver?
Correct answer: He will be hung.
He will become a moral gentleman.
He will make many friends
Q4.
What is a social critic?
Correct answer: A person who criticises the problems in society with the aim of making it fairer.
A person who is very negative
A person who is very social
Someone who criticises books
Q5.
What social problems does Dickens criticise throughout his novel? (tick all that apply)
Correct answer: Society's lack of care for the poor
The laziness of poor people
The selfishness of the poor
Correct answer: The selfishness of the rich and powerful
Correct answer: The terrible living conditions of the workhouses

5 Questions

Q1.
Oliver runs away to which city?
Belfast
Birmingham
Correct answer: London
Q2.
Mr Bumble tells Mrs Sowerberry that she should not feed Oliver what food?
Chocolate
Gruel
Correct answer: Meat
Q3.
The word 'submissive' describes someone who...
Is angry
Is rebellious
Correct answer: Obeys others without complaint
Q4.
Mr Bumble thinks that poor people, like Oliver Twist, should be kept...
Angry
Happy
Rebellious
Correct answer: Weak and submissive
Q5.
Mr Bumble thinks that meat has made Oliver...
Happy
Correct answer: Rebellious
Submissive

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