Year 8
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn about Bill Sikes and Nancy. We will see how Fagin used Bill and Nancy to help him kidnap Oliver.
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6 Questions
Q1.
Oliver wakes up at the beginning of this extract and finds himself in what place?
Fagin's house
The courtroom
The workhouse
Q2.
Who takes care of Oliver as he recovers from his sickness?
Fagin
Jack Dawkins
Q3.
What does Oliver spend a long time gazing at in his room?
A handkerchief
Jewellery
Q4.
Who notices that Oliver looks very similar to the lady in the portrait?
Fagin
Jack Dawkins
Mrs Bedwin
Q5.
Foreshadowing is...
A hint that something bad will happen
A reflection of something that is happening in secret
When a writer gives a reader a suggestion about something that happened previously in the story
Q6.
How did Oliver nearly die after he was born?
He nearly starved.
He was nearly murdered.
5 Questions
Q1.
Why is Fagin worried now that Oliver has left the gang?
Fagin is worried that Oliver will go to jail.
Fagin is worried that Oliver will join a rival gang.
Fagin is worried that Oliver will return to the workhouse.
Q2.
Which two people are involved in Oliver's kidnapping?
Dodger and Charley
Fagin and Dodger
Mr Brownlow and Mrs Bedwin
Q3.
How does Nancy persuade the crowd that she needs to take Oliver away?
She says that Oliver is a criminal.
She says that Oliver is a workhouse runaway.
Q4.
Name the technique in which a writer provides the reader with a suggestion about something that has not yet happened in a story?
Metaphor
Simile
Q5.
What is Jack Dawkins' nickname?
The Dodger Artist
The Dodging Artist