A. Answer the following questions.
1. What did Oliver receive when he asked for more gruel?
2. What are the reasons that prompted Oliver to ask for more gruel?
3. Describe the reactions of the various people to Oliver's request.
4. While the prophecy was that Oliver would be hung, what was the final decision
taken on Oliver?
5. On reading the passage, who do you think Mr Bumble is?
6. In your opinion, was Oliver wrong in asking for more gruel? Give reasons for
your answer.
Answers
Answer:
➡1.)Oliver's ask for more is trailed by a hit with a spoon by the server. Mr. Blunder is then advised of the demand, and it is chosen that Oliver will be sold for five pounds to any individual who will take him
➡2.)The primary reason that Oliver asks for more gruel (which is similar to oatmeal) is because he is hungry. The board members of the workhouse where Oliver lives meet and decide that "the poor people like" the room and board they receive.
➡3.)After finishing his gruel that evening, he approaches the master and asks for more. The master is shocked, strikes a blow at Oliver and calls for Mr. Bumble. Mr. Bumble tells the members of the board, who are outraged.
➡4.) Early in Dickens's novel, a "gentleman in a white waistcoat" makes the judgment that the boy Oliver will undoubtedly "be hung" one day, an opinion which nobody seeks to correct
➡5.)Mr. Bumble is the beadle in the town where Oliver is born.
➡6.)The primary reason that Oliver asks for more gruel (which is similar to oatmeal) is because he is hungry. The board members of the workhouse where Oliver lives meet and decide that "the poor people like" the room and board they receive.
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