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Oliver Twist (Analytical Questions) Chapter# 1-14
(Grade-VIII)

1- Who was the writer of Oliver Twist?

2- What is the setting of Oliver Twist?
3- What is the time of Oliver Twist?
4- Where was Oliver Twist born?
5- Who first called Oliver by his name?
6- “She looks like a lady. I wonder who she is.” Comment.
7- Who was Mrs. Mann?
8- Mrs. Mann was a cruel woman. Explain.
9- Where and how did Oliver begin his life?
10- What happened to Oliver’s mother after Oliver’s birth?
11- How did he celebrate his ninth birthday?
12- “How dare you say you are hungry?” Comment.
13- Describe Mr. Bumble.
14- Why did Mr. Bumble come to Mrs. Mann’s workhouse?
15- How did Mr. Bumble’s visit to Mrs. Mann change Oliver’s life?
16- How did Mrs. Mann treat Oliver in the presence of Mr. Bumble?
17- “You are nine years old now and it is time you started work.” Comment.
18- “Mrs. Mann will stay here. But she will come and visit you sometimes.” Comment.
19- “We feed our boys well.” Comment.
20- The life in Mr. Bumble’s supervision was hard. Discuss.
21- “We should ask for more food.” Comment.
22- How did they punish Oliver for asking for more food?
23- “He is ungrateful. He is very lazy. We must send him away.” Comment.
24- What was the result of Oliver’s request for more food?
25- Why did they lock Oliver in dark room in Mr. Bumble’s?
26- Who was Mr. Sowerberry?
27- Who offered to take Oliver? Why?
28- “No sir, I am not ungrateful and I will be good.” Comment.
29- “He is a very little boy. Get downstairs, you little bag of bones.” Comment.
30- “You don’t mind sleeping among coffins, do you? Comment.
31- How did Mr. Sowerberry treat Oliver?
32- Who was Noah Claypole?
33- Noah treated Oliver badly. Discuss.
34- Oliver’s sorrow turned to anger in Mr. Sowerberry’s. Discuss.
35- “You are under me and you’ll do as I say.” Comment.
36- “If she died in thw workhouse, she must have been a bad woman.” Comment.
37- Oliver was punished twice for the same mistake. Discuss.
38- Where did Oliver decide to escape to? Why?
39- “You have been given too much meat. You have overfed him.” Comment.
40- How far was London?
41- Describe Oliver’s journey to London?
42- Who did Oliver meet near London?
43- Who was Jack Dawkins?
44- “My name’s Jack Dawkins but my friends call me the Artful Dodger.” Comment.
45- “I’ve got a friend in London. He will give you food and a place to stay. And he’ll get you
a job.” Comment.
46- Who was Fagin?
47- “I am very pleased to make your acquaintance.”
48- Why did Fagin grab a knife for Oliver?
49- “Why are you watching me?” Comment.
50- “Have you been working hard this morning? What have you got?” Explain.
51- What was the game which Fagin played with the boys?
52- “You’re a clever boy. Here's a shilling for you. You're going to be a great man.” Explain.
53- Why did the people in the street run after Oliver?
54- Who saved Oliver from the prison?
55- “Stop, Don’t send the boy to prison. I saw it all.” Comment.
56- Who was Mr. Brownlow? What do you know about him?
57- Who was Mr. Bedwin?
58- Who was Mr. Grimwig?
59- “Mr. Grimwig and I would like to hear your story. Tell us about yourself.”
60- Why did Mr. Grimwig look angry while Oliver was telling his story?
61- “But I must send some books back. And I haven’t paid the bookseller.” Comment.
62- “Let me take the books, sir.”
63- “Do you really think he will come back?”
64- “Oliver is an honest boy. He will be back in twenty minutes.”
65- “Oliver will tell the police about us, you fool! There will be trouble for all of us.”
Comment.
66- Who was Bill Skies?
67- “We must find the boy and bring him back.”
68- “Someone must go to the police station and find out what’s happend to Oliver.”
69- Who was Nancy?
70- Why was Fagin angry with Dodger and Charley?
71- “The gentleman’s got him.”
72- “Whose books are these? Have you been stealing them?”
73- How did Nancy bring Oliver back to the gang?
74- “Keep me here if you like but send back the books and the money. They belong to an old
gentleman who has been very kind to me.”
75- “He will think you have stolen them. So now you must do what we say or we’ll hand you
over to the police.”
76- “He will think you have stolen them. So now you must do what we say or we’ll hand you
over to the police.”
77- “That’s enough. You have got the boy and his money. You have made him a thief like
me. What do you want?”
78- Who was Toby Crockit?
79- “We need a boy to get in the upstairs window.”
80- “You must do what Bill says. And don’t say anything.”
81- How did Nancy convince Oliver to obey Skies?
82- “Now if you don’t do exactly as I say, I’ll put this bullet into your head. I’ll kill you.”
83- “Now let’s have some supper and then some sleep. There's work to be done in the
morning. We start at 5 o’clock, before it is light.”
84- “Please, sir let me go! Don’t make me steal. I don’t want to be a thief. I won’t say
anything.”
85- “Come, break open this window and push the boy through it.”
86- “Take this lantern. Go along the corridor and up the stairs to the street door. Open the
door and let us in.”