Year 8

Oliver is Kidnapped

Year 8

Oliver is Kidnapped

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. 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
Correct answer: Mr Brownlow's house
The courtroom
The workhouse
Q2.
Who takes care of Oliver as he recovers from his sickness?
Fagin
Jack Dawkins
Correct answer: Mrs Bedwin
Q3.
What does Oliver spend a long time gazing at in his room?
A handkerchief
Correct answer: A portrait of a lady
Jewellery
Q4.
Who notices that Oliver looks very similar to the lady in the portrait?
Fagin
Jack Dawkins
Correct answer: Mr Brownlow
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
Correct answer: When a writer gives the reader a suggestion about something that has not happened yet in the story
Q6.
How did Oliver nearly die after he was born?
He nearly starved.
Correct answer: He struggled to breathe.
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.
Correct answer: Fagin is worried that Oliver will tell the police about the gang's criminal activities.
Q2.
Which two people are involved in Oliver's kidnapping?
Correct answer: Bill and Nancy
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.
Correct answer: She says that Oliver is her younger brother who has run away from his parents.
Q4.
Name the technique in which a writer provides the reader with a suggestion about something that has not yet happened in a story?
Correct answer: Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Simile
Q5.
What is Jack Dawkins' nickname?
Correct answer: The Artful Dodger
The Dodger Artist
The Dodging Artist