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Level 4 Oliver Twist <Answer Key>Chapter 1Preview questions1.I think Oliver was born into a poor family.2.I think Oliver will ask for some food.3.I think Oliver’s first job will be working on a farm.Review questions1.Poor people with no jobs lived in workhouses.2.Mr. Bumble, the beadle, gave Oliver his name.3.The board decided to give the people in workhouses less food because they thought people in workhouseswere getting too much food, and that by giving them less, they would leave the workhouse and find jobs. I do not think it is right to starve people by giving them less food. It is better to give them education and training to help them find jobs.Chapter 2Preview questions1.I would not like to sleep in a room full of coffins because I would be very scared.2.I think Oliver will not stay with Mr. Sowerberry, because at Mr. Sowerberry’s house he had to eat dogfood and sleep in a room full of coffins.3.I think it is not good to give money to beggars. It is better to give money to charity organizations that canhelp the beggars.Review questions1.Oliver hit Noah Claypole because Noah said bad things about his mother.2.The beadle explained Oliver’s behavior by saying the Sowerberry’s had given Oliver too much good foodwhich had made Oliver believe he was someone special.3.It took Oliver seven days to walk to London.Chapter 3Preview questions1.I think Oliver is in danger because he is all alone in the big city of London.2.I think the Artful Dodger made friends with Oliver because he is a friendly boy and he could see thatOliver needed some help.3.I think Fagin will look after Oliver by giving him food and a place to sleep, but he will also take advantageof Oliver.Review questions11.The Artful Dodger and Charley Bates did not make things. They stole wallets and handkerchiefs frompeople in the street.2.The man at the bookshop was sitting outside reading a book.3.The people chased Oliver because they thought he was the thief.Chapter 4Preview questions1.I think the lady in the picture is Oliver’s mother.2.I think Fagin will be very angry about Oliver’s disappearance, and will blame the Artful Dodger andCharley Bates.3.I think Fagin will find Oliver and will take him back to the dirty house.Review questions1.Nancy found out what had happened to Oliver by pretending to be his sister and asking questions abouthim at the police station.2.Mr. Grimwig did not really think Oliver was a bad boy. He just liked to argue with his friend.3.Fagin found out which house Oliver was in when the man who had bought Oliver’s old clothes hadshowed them to Fagin.Chapter 5Preview questions1.I think Mr. Brownlow will try to find Oliver, but Fagin will play a trick so that Mr. Brownlow cannot findhim.2.I think Nancy will try to help Oliver because she feels sorry for him.3.It could be right to steal something from a bad person if it would help a good person.Review questions1.To try and get Oliver back, Mr. Brownlow put a notice in the newspaper saying he would pay five poundsto anyone with information about Oliver.2.Mr. Bumble told Mr. Brownlow that Oliver was a bad boy. He said his parents were criminals, he wasnever happy with what he had, and he ran away after trying to murder a man who was kind to him.3.Sikes needed Oliver to help him because Sikes needed a small boy to get into the house through a window,and open the door to let Sikes in.Chapter 6Preview questions1.Sikes will not use his gun on Oliver because he needs Oliver to get into the house for him.22.I think Oliver will agree to help Sikes burgle the house because he will be very scared that Sikes will shoothim.3.I think the burglary will be successful.Review questions1.When Oliver got into the house, he planned to wake the people living there and tell them thieves weretrying to steal from them.2.Oliver was bleeding because he got pulled through a broken window.3.Mr. Bumble kissed Mrs. Corney.Chapter 7Preview questions1.I think Oliver will be sick for a long time and Bill Sikes will try to leave him in a workhouse.2.I think when Fagin hears that the burglary failed; he will be very angry and try to kill Bill Sikes.3.I think Mr. Bumble and Mrs. Corney will keep the gold that Old Sally had stolen from Oliver’s mother. Review questions1.Monks is Fagin’s criminal friend.2.I do not think Mr. Bumble loves Mrs. Corney. He wants to marry her because of her money.3.The servants in the house were brave because they fought back against the burglars. When they wereoutside, they were not brave. They felt frightened and decided to go back to the house.Chapter 8Preview questions1.I think the doctor will help Oliver more than the police.2.I think Oliver will get into trouble with the police because he was with a group of burglars when he gotshot.3.I don’t think you can really be a criminal when you are only ten years old. For example, Oliver is not a badperson. He had bad circumstances.Review questions1.Mr. Losberne tried to frighten and confuse Giles and Brittles by asking them angrily if they were sureOliver was the boy they had shot. He did this because he believed Oliver’s story, and wanted to help him.2.Giles did shoot someone. He shot Oliver, but he thought he hadn’t shot anyone.3.Mr. Brownlow’s house was empty because he and his housekeeper, as well as Mr. Brownlow’s friend, hadgone to the West Indies six weeks earlier.Chapter 9Preview questions1.Oliver is not safe yet. I think Fagin will come looking for him again.32.I think the two ladies in the house will try to keep Oliver.3.Happiness can last forever, but we must also feel sad sometimes.Review questions1.Oliver did not really see Fagin at the window. There were no footprints or any other evidence that Faginand the tall man had really been at the window.2.Rose said that she could not marry Harry because nobody knew how her mother and father were. Shethought this would cause trouble for Harry and make them both unhappy.3.I think Rose is right to be worried about this. However, if Harry said he loved her and didn’t care aboutthat problem, I think Rose should listen to him and marry him.Chapter 10Preview questions1.I think Mr. Bumble will not be happy when he is married because he did not marry for love.2.I think Mrs. Bumble will not tell her husband what Old Sally told her. I think she will keep the gold forherself.3.I think Mr. Bumble will meet Fagin.Review questions1.I think Mr. Bumble was not right. I think men and women should listen to each other and work together.2.Mrs. Bumble gave Monks a small bag containing a gold locket with two pieces of hair in it, and a goldwedding ring w ith a date and the word ‘Agnes’ written on it.3.Monks put a heavy stone into the little bag and then dropped it in to the river.Chapter 11Preview questions1. A man should not hit a woman. It is better to solve problems by talking about them.2.Criminals can be good to each other sometimes, if they like each other very much.3.I think Nancy will get away from Sikes by killing him.Review questions1.Sikes wanted Nancy to bring the money because he did not trust the Artful Dodger.2.Nancy knew where to find Rose because she heard Monks tell Fagin where Rose and Oliver were staying.3.Na ncy did love Sikes. She couldn’t leave him.Chapter 12Preview questions1.Noah will not become a successful criminal, because Noah is cruel and stupid.2.Mr. Brownlow will find Monks.43.I think Nancy will keep her promise to be on the bridge, and they will be able to ask her where to findMonks.Review questions1.‘Lagged’ means that a criminal will be sent to Australia as punishment for a crime.2.Fagin said the best way to look after yourself was to look after your friends. This is a good idea because ifyou help your friends, they can help you when you are in trouble.3.Mr. Brownlow wanted to meet Monks so that he could find out more about Oliver’s past.Chapter 13Preview questions1.I think the story will have a happy ending. I think Oliver will get to live with Mr. Brownlow.2.I think the police will catch Sikes and put him in jail.3.I think Harry and Rose will marry and live happily ever after.Review questions1.Mr. Brownlow knew Monks because Mr. Brownlow had been best friends with Monks’ father and hadbeen going t o marry Monks’ aunt.2.Sikes died by falling off the roof of a building and hanging himself.3.Rose was Oliver’s aunt.Level 4 Oliver Twist < Summaries >Chapter 1Oliver was born in a workhouse. Nobody knew who his father was and his mother died soon after Oliver was born. He was raised in an orphanage, where he was always hungry. When he was nine years old, he went back to the workhouse. He got even hungrier, and asked for more gruel. The board was shocked and tried to get rid of him by offering five pounds to anyone who would take him to be an apprentice. He is apprenticed to an undertaker.Chapter 25Oliver did well at the undertaker’s shop, but then g ot into a fight with a boy who said bad things about his mother. Everybody was against Oliver and he decided to run away. He went past Mrs. Mann’s house and sa id goodbye to an old friend and then walked to London. This took seven days. He met the Artful Dodger who took him to Fagin’s home, where Oliver ha d food and drink and soon fell asleep.Chapter 3Oliver saw Fagin looking at jewels in a hidden box. He thought that The Artful Dodger and Charley Bates made wallets and handkerchiefs. He spent many days working in the house unpicking marks on handkerchiefs. He saw Fagin and the boys playing a game. Finally, he is allowed to go out with them. He saw them steal a handkerchief from a gentleman. He was caught by the police, but they let him go when they realize that he did not steal the handkerchief. He became very sick, and was taken home by Mr Brownlow, the man whose handkerchief The Artful Dodger stole. He was cared for until he was better. Mr Brownlow was surprised to see that he looked exactly like a picture of a lady on the wall of his house.Chapter 4Fagin was angry because Oliver was captured by the police. He worried that Oliver would talk about him and the boys. His friend Bill Sikes arrived and they argued. Nancy went to the police station and found out what happened to Oliver. They decided they had to get him back. Oliver was looked after by Mr Brownlow and saw a picture of a lady he liked. Mr Brownlow was surprised because Oliver looked exactly like the picture. He asked Oliver to tell him his story, but a friend arrives and they had tea. They sent Oliver to the bookshop on an errand. Nancy saw him and brought him back to Fagin and the boys.Chapter 5Mr Bumble went to London and saw a notice in the newspaper. He went to see Mr Brownlow and told him how bad Oliver was, and got a five pound reward. Mr Brownlow said he did not want to hear Oliver’s name again, although Mrs Bedwin still believed that Oliver was good. Oliver was locked up by Fagin and gradually became friendlier with the boys. Sikes needed a boy to help with a burglary and Fagin said Oliver could help. Nancy brought Oliver to Sikes’s house and they went to burgle the house.Chapter 6Bill Sikes took Oliver on a long trip to a house where he met two men. One of the men went with Sikes and Oliver to break into and burgle a house. Oliver realized what they wanted him to do and decided to tell the owners of the house, rather than help the thieves. Before he could do that, the owners found him in the house and shot him. Sikes rescued him from the house and carried him away. Meanwhile, Mr Bumble went to visit the matron of the workhouse; a widow called Mrs. Corney. He kissed her, but she is called away to listen to an6old woman tell a secret. She told Mrs. Corney that she stole something gold from Oliver’s mother and that this would help Oliver discover his mother’s name.Chapter 7Toby told Fagin that the burglary failed and that they left Oliver in a ditch. Fagin was very angry and rushed out. He talked to Nancy and then to a man called Monks. They hoped that Oliver was not dead. Monks thought that he saw a woman listening to them talk. Mr Bumble decided to marry Mrs Corney. Oliver woke up and went back to the house he tried to burgle. A young lady and her aunt lived in the house and they looked after him.Chapter 8Rose and her aunt, Mrs Maylie, saw Oliver and did not believe that he was a criminal. They asked the doctor to help them save him. The doctor helped Oliver, and then he tried to frighten Giles and Brittles. He made them doubt whether this was the boy in the burglary. Two police officers arrived from London and they looked at everything and talked to everyone. The doctor saved Oliver by telling them that he was hurt in an accident and that the servants were wrong to think he was in the burglary. The police officers believed him and went away. Oliver gradually got better and the doctor took him to see Mr. Brownlow. On the way, Oliver saw the house where Sikes and Toby took him, and the doctor goes into it. It did not look the same as Oliver’s description.An angry short man shouted at the doctor and saw Oliver in the carriage. They got to London but Mr. Brownlow was not there. He had gone to the West Indies. They returned home. Mrs. Maylie and Rose took Oliver for a three month stay in the country. They were all very happy there.Chapter 9Mrs Maylie, Rose and Oliver stayed in the country until summer. Rose became ill and they thought she would die. Harry Maylie came to see her, and she got better. Oliver bumped into a strange old man at the village hotel, and later he saw him again. He was looking at Oliver through the window of the house, and Fagin was with him. He shouted for help and everybody searched for the two men, but they couldn’t find them. Harry asked Rose to marry him, but she refused. She said that she had a mark against her name because of her mother, and that she did not want to prevent Harry from being an important man. Harry left, but made Oliver promise to write to him about Rose.Chapter 10Mr Bumble was now the workhouse manager. He fought with his new wife, and she won. He was laughed at by the people in the workhouse. He met Monks and told him that he knew the woman who knew Old Sally’s secret. They arranged to meet the next night. Mrs Bumble told Monks about Sally’s death and g ave him a locket and a wedding ring that she got from the pawnbroker after Sally died. Monks threw the items in the river.7Chapter 11Bill Sikes was sick, and Nancy looked after him. Fagin and the boys brought him some food. Nancy listened to a conversation between Fagin and Monks, and decided to visit Rose Maylie. She told her that Monks was Oliver’s brother. She promise d to be on London Bridge every Sunday between eleven and twelve o’clock. Oliver found Mr. Brownlow, who agreed to help Rose and the doctor find out about Oliver’s parents. They decided to talk to Nancy. Noah Claypole and Charlotte stole money from Mr Sowerberry and ran away to London. Fagin found them and said he would help them become criminals.Chapter 12Fagin began to teach Noah how to be a criminal. The police caught The Artful Dodger and he went to court. Nancy tried to go to London Bridge on Sunday night, but Sikes locked her up and stopped her. Fagin thought Nancy had a new friend and told Noah to follow her and find out who he was. He follows her to London Bridge and listened to her meeting with Rose and Mr. Brownlow. Mr. Brownlow wanted to talk to Monks. Nancy described him to Mr Brownlow. He thought he knew the man. Noah ran back and told Fagin what he heard.Chapter 13Fagin told Sikes what Nancy did. Sikes was so angry that he murdered Nancy and ran away. The police took Fagin to jail. Sikes returned to London and tried to hide with some old friends. The police found him and he accidentally killed himself while trying to escape. Fagin was hanged. Mr. Brownlow found Monks and made him tell the truth. Oliver was Monks’s half brother, and should have a lot of money. Monks tried to keep it a secret. Mr. Brownlow was Monks’ father’s friend, so he kn ew the story. They discovered that Rose was Oliver’s aunt. Harry Maylie marrie d Rose, and they all lived happily ever after.8。