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Oliver Twist - Chapter 01

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  • When and Where does Dickens’ story, Oliver Twist, take place?
    It takes place in London in the 1830s.
  • Who gave Oliver twist this name?
    Mr Bumble gave him a name.
  • What happens to the baby’s mother? What is going to happen to the baby?
    She died when the baby was born. He's going to be taken to the workhouse.
  • Were the workhouses comfortable places to live in?
    No, the workhouses were usually terrible places.
  • Why did Oliver ask the master of the workhouse for more gruel?
    Because the children were hungry.
  • What did the children eat at the workhouses?
    They got to eat was a small bowl of gruel and a piece of bread.
  • What did Mr Bumble do with Oliver when Oliver asked for more food?
    He beat the poor child with his stick. He threw Oliver onto the ground and asked somebody to lock the boy in a dark room.
  • What is a workhouse?
    It's a place where people without money/job/house were taken to live in.
  • Who wrote the novel Oliver Twist?
    Charles Dickens
  • What does Mrs Corney take from the mother?
    She takes a gold locket that was hanging on a chain
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