Oliver Twist
Charles dickens
Retold by Margret Turner
Prologue
How did the girl end up in the hospital?
-She was pregnant
-She had fallen in the street.
How old was the baby when its mother died?
-The baby began to cry.
-The baby was 3 minutes old and began to cry for the first time.
What did the mother say after she had given birth?
-”give me my baby “the girl whispered.
-The doctor walked into the room and gave the girl her baby.
-The girls gave a sigh and the spoke “look after my child she
whispered.
-The girl the closed her eyes for the last time (died).
What was the matron’s name of the parish workhouse?
Mrs Corney.
What was the 3 reasons why it would be difficult to find out
who the mother was?
-She has no name
-no wedding ring
-The matron took the chain of her neck and put it in her pocket.
What about the orphan made the doctor warn the matron?
-He said that the parish house must take care of the ophan
child,its weak and it might die.
What did the matron notice and what did she steal?
-Mrs Corney looked at the dead girl and noticed a shinning gold
locked on a chain around her neck.
-She said that the gils has nou se for the locket now.
-The matron took the chain of her neck and put it in her pocket
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,Chapter 1
How old was Oliver?
-He was 11 years old
Who was the parish beadle?
-Mr bumble was the parish beadle
What is a beadle?
-An officer of the church.
How did the boy happened to get his surname “Twist”?
-Mr Bumble named the orphans according to the alphabet and the
next letter was ‘T’.
Why were all the workhouse children pale, thin, and ill?
-They were always hungry.
-They each got only a small bowl of gruel which was not nearly
enough.
How Many times a day were the fed?
-Three times a day
What is gruel?
-It’s a liquid /watery food of oatmeal, boiled in milk or water -
mainly meant for invalids.
Why did thy eat very quickly?
-Because their food wil be taken from the stronger and bigger
children
What did the boys’ desperation for food led them to?
-They chose Oliver to ask the master for more food.
How did the master react to the scared little boys’
request? -He shrieked, grabbed Oliver by the collar of his
thin shirt and angrily shouted Mr Bumble (the beadle) had to be
called.
What is Mr Bumble’s outward appearance and his nature?
-He was a big, fat man who wore a big hat and carried a long, thin
stick.
-He was a bad-tempered man.
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,What punishment did Mr Bumble give Oliver?
-He beat him with a stick and threw him onto the ground. After
that he was locked up in a dark room.
How is the “for sal” notice the put up different than any
other “”for sale” notices one always sees?
-Instead of the parish getting money for what (in this case the boy,
Oliver) they were selling, they wanted to pay someone to take
him!
Why die Oliver have no option but to flee(run away Was
was any of his options better that the other?
-He had to because if he stayed in the dark room, he would die
and if he got a new master, he might be killed (in both cases he
would be dead!)
For how long and far did Oliver walk and to where?
-He walked for 7 days 10 miles to London
How do we know he walked 10 miles to London?
-There was a large stone outside the town.
-On it was written LONDON-10 miles
What did Oliver think he was going to do once he gets in
London?
-He thought that he could get work and start a new life.
How did Oliver survive?
-He sometimes begged for food.
Oliver was too hungry and exhausted to continue his way
to London. He sat down next to the road where he saw a
boy. What was so ‘strange-Looking’ about this boy?
-He wore a man’s coat that was too big for him, and an old hat on
the back of his head.
-He had small nose that turned up and a dirty face.
Where was Barnet and what did he do there?
-It was a town near London. He decided to rest there.
What was the boy’s name?
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, -The Artful Dodger.
How did he befriend Oliver?
-He offered to buy Oliver food when he heard how hungry he was.
- He bought Oliver some bread and meat.
-When he heard Olivier had no money or a place to sleep, he said
he knew an old gentleman who would give him a place to sleep.
The doger led Oliver along narrow, dirty streets. The
streets were full of poorly dressed people. The noise and
darkness made Oliver scared .What does this tell us about
the nounhood the Doger live in?
-Narrow dirty streets: the poor side of London where homes are
very close to each other and that it rarely gets cleaned
-Poorly dressed people: It can be people the work mostly at the
factories, and don’t have money to buy better clothes of they
dress like that work.
-Noise and darkness: Noise is that there are many people living in
the small homes, or it can be the bisness that run at night of
animals.
-It’s a poor community
What did the Doger do to announce their arrival?
-He whistled a secret whistle.
How did the house look?
-The house was very dark inside
-It had broken stairs
Chapter 2
Why was it so dark inside the room they entered? Supply
two (2) reasons.
-The walls were black with dirt and there was only one lit candle.
Do you think the fire in the room had been made in a
grate? Supply a good reason for our answer.
-No, the walls are black and dirty because of the soot that could
not escape up the chimney. (Any suitable, well-substantiated
answer).
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Charles dickens
Retold by Margret Turner
Prologue
How did the girl end up in the hospital?
-She was pregnant
-She had fallen in the street.
How old was the baby when its mother died?
-The baby began to cry.
-The baby was 3 minutes old and began to cry for the first time.
What did the mother say after she had given birth?
-”give me my baby “the girl whispered.
-The doctor walked into the room and gave the girl her baby.
-The girls gave a sigh and the spoke “look after my child she
whispered.
-The girl the closed her eyes for the last time (died).
What was the matron’s name of the parish workhouse?
Mrs Corney.
What was the 3 reasons why it would be difficult to find out
who the mother was?
-She has no name
-no wedding ring
-The matron took the chain of her neck and put it in her pocket.
What about the orphan made the doctor warn the matron?
-He said that the parish house must take care of the ophan
child,its weak and it might die.
What did the matron notice and what did she steal?
-Mrs Corney looked at the dead girl and noticed a shinning gold
locked on a chain around her neck.
-She said that the gils has nou se for the locket now.
-The matron took the chain of her neck and put it in her pocket
1
,Chapter 1
How old was Oliver?
-He was 11 years old
Who was the parish beadle?
-Mr bumble was the parish beadle
What is a beadle?
-An officer of the church.
How did the boy happened to get his surname “Twist”?
-Mr Bumble named the orphans according to the alphabet and the
next letter was ‘T’.
Why were all the workhouse children pale, thin, and ill?
-They were always hungry.
-They each got only a small bowl of gruel which was not nearly
enough.
How Many times a day were the fed?
-Three times a day
What is gruel?
-It’s a liquid /watery food of oatmeal, boiled in milk or water -
mainly meant for invalids.
Why did thy eat very quickly?
-Because their food wil be taken from the stronger and bigger
children
What did the boys’ desperation for food led them to?
-They chose Oliver to ask the master for more food.
How did the master react to the scared little boys’
request? -He shrieked, grabbed Oliver by the collar of his
thin shirt and angrily shouted Mr Bumble (the beadle) had to be
called.
What is Mr Bumble’s outward appearance and his nature?
-He was a big, fat man who wore a big hat and carried a long, thin
stick.
-He was a bad-tempered man.
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,What punishment did Mr Bumble give Oliver?
-He beat him with a stick and threw him onto the ground. After
that he was locked up in a dark room.
How is the “for sal” notice the put up different than any
other “”for sale” notices one always sees?
-Instead of the parish getting money for what (in this case the boy,
Oliver) they were selling, they wanted to pay someone to take
him!
Why die Oliver have no option but to flee(run away Was
was any of his options better that the other?
-He had to because if he stayed in the dark room, he would die
and if he got a new master, he might be killed (in both cases he
would be dead!)
For how long and far did Oliver walk and to where?
-He walked for 7 days 10 miles to London
How do we know he walked 10 miles to London?
-There was a large stone outside the town.
-On it was written LONDON-10 miles
What did Oliver think he was going to do once he gets in
London?
-He thought that he could get work and start a new life.
How did Oliver survive?
-He sometimes begged for food.
Oliver was too hungry and exhausted to continue his way
to London. He sat down next to the road where he saw a
boy. What was so ‘strange-Looking’ about this boy?
-He wore a man’s coat that was too big for him, and an old hat on
the back of his head.
-He had small nose that turned up and a dirty face.
Where was Barnet and what did he do there?
-It was a town near London. He decided to rest there.
What was the boy’s name?
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, -The Artful Dodger.
How did he befriend Oliver?
-He offered to buy Oliver food when he heard how hungry he was.
- He bought Oliver some bread and meat.
-When he heard Olivier had no money or a place to sleep, he said
he knew an old gentleman who would give him a place to sleep.
The doger led Oliver along narrow, dirty streets. The
streets were full of poorly dressed people. The noise and
darkness made Oliver scared .What does this tell us about
the nounhood the Doger live in?
-Narrow dirty streets: the poor side of London where homes are
very close to each other and that it rarely gets cleaned
-Poorly dressed people: It can be people the work mostly at the
factories, and don’t have money to buy better clothes of they
dress like that work.
-Noise and darkness: Noise is that there are many people living in
the small homes, or it can be the bisness that run at night of
animals.
-It’s a poor community
What did the Doger do to announce their arrival?
-He whistled a secret whistle.
How did the house look?
-The house was very dark inside
-It had broken stairs
Chapter 2
Why was it so dark inside the room they entered? Supply
two (2) reasons.
-The walls were black with dirt and there was only one lit candle.
Do you think the fire in the room had been made in a
grate? Supply a good reason for our answer.
-No, the walls are black and dirty because of the soot that could
not escape up the chimney. (Any suitable, well-substantiated
answer).
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