OLIVER
ASKS FOR MORE
SECTION
A: MCQS ANSWERS –
1.
D) all the above
2.
B) went home to have dinner
3.
D) all the above
4.
A) she did not have a ring on her finger
on her left hand
5.
B) Mr. Bumble
6.
A) drank up all the soup and cleaned them
with their spoons
7.
C) Oliver asked him for more food
8.
D) he Oliver was shut up for a week in
solitary confinement
9.
B) five pounds
10.
B) a coffin maker for the workhouse
SECTION
B: CONTEXTUAL QUESTIONS
1.Read the extract given
below and answer the questions that follow:
Oliver --------------------------------------------ill
in bed.
Head from the pillow.
Let me
-----------------------------------------------she said
Oh, you ---------------------------------------------the doctor.
i)What
is a work house? What does it say about the setting of the story?
Ans:
A workhouse is a place where poor are housed. In the story neither the name of
the town or city is given nor a date when the action took place. The only fact
that is in focus is that events occur in a workhouse, an institution where poor
people are ill-treated and ill fed. As such, Dickens wants to portray a common
social issue and leaving its immediate setting quite vague.
ii)Who
were present in the room where Oliver was born? Why?
Ans:
There were three people present in the room where Oliver was born. They were –
his mother, a doctor and the old woman. The Oliver mother was lying in the
street. So brought to the workhouse where she gave birth to a child and died.
iii)What
was the Oliver’s mother’s wish? How did she try to fulfil her wish? What
happened to the young woman soon after that?
Ans:
The Oliver’s mother’s wish was to see her newborn baby face and die. So she
tried to fulfill her wish by holding the child before she died. The young woman
died soon after giving birth to Oliver.
iv)What
did the old woman tell her about her wish? What did the old woman say about her
to the doctor?
Ans:
The young woman was too young to die so she must not talk of it. She was brought to the workhouse as she had
collapsed and was lying on the street. The old woman said to the doctor that
the girl had been brought here the previous night and nobody knew from where
she came.
v)What
evidence is given in the story to say the young woman was poor and not married?
Ans: The young woman was lying on the street. Her shoes torn out and had holes in it. She had no wedding ring. Nobody knew her or where she came from. Her physical appearances and dressing sense were the evidences in the story that the young woman was poor and not married.
2. The doctor raised the
dead------------------------------hand.
The usual--------------------------------------------------finger.
She
Was
not---------------------------------------------good night
He went
-----------------------------------------------in front
Of the fire
------------------------------------------------very old
Clothes
----------------------------------------------the child was
An orphan, born into ------------------------------------pity for him.
i)When
the doctor raised the young woman’s hand, what did he notice? What does this
indicate about the young woman?
Ans;
When the doctor raised the young woman’s hand, he noticed that she did not have
a ring on her finger. According to the custom, the married persons to have a
wedding band- a ring on the ring finger of the left hand. This indicates that the
young woman was not married.
ii)What
did the old woman do after the doctor went home? What does this say about life
in a workhouse?
Ans:
After the doctor went home, the old woman sat down on a chair in front of fire
and dressed the baby in very old clothes that were handed down from one baby to
the next the babies who were born in the workhouse. The harsh living conditions
and lack of compassion towards the less fortunate people in a workhouse.
iii)Who
gave the name to the new baby? What logic did he follow while naming the
babies?
Ans: Mr.
Bumble, an important officer in the town gave the name of the new baby. He followed
alphabetic order from A to Z. he named the last one swubble and chose the name
Oliver Twist. He also explained that the new baby next would be named unwin.
iv)Oliver
was an orphan born into a world which had no love or pity for him. Give example
from the extract that Oliver experienced lack of love.
Ans:
Oliver wan an orphan born into a world which had no love or pity for him. Babies
were dressed up in the very old clothes. They never had enough warm clothes to
wear and food to eat. Every day they got only three meals of thin soup. On Sunday
they used to get a small piece of bread. So these indicate that Oliver experienced
lack of love and care in the workhouse.
v)What
was the condition of children in England as shown in the story?
Ans:
The conditions for poor children in Victorian England were dangerous and bleak.
Babies were wrapped in old clothes. Children were always cold as they never had
enough warm clothes. They were grossly under-fed with three meals of soup every
day and on Sunday they got a small piece of bread. The story depicts the miserable
conditions of children in England. Children those who were born into poverty
and had no families to support. They were ill-treated, fed very little and not
taken care properly.
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