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c2 answer the following questions and share your responses with

your partner :

1. How were the children fed in the house?

2. Why was ‘a council’ held by the boys? What did they decide in
it?

3. What did Oliver ask his master for?
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4. How did the master react to the request of Oliver?

5. What was the punishment that Oliver got for ‘asking for more’?

6. What did Mr. Bumble ultimately decide to do with Oliver?

7. What was Oliver’s crime, according to Mr. Bumble?

[note : This is how the story of charles dickens’ oliver Twist
ended.

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A coffin maker came to know about the notice and bought the orphan
boy from the poorhouse. There also he was treated cruelly. So he ran
away to London. There he faced further difficulties. However by chance,
he met two kind people - Mr. Brownlow and Miss Rose Maylie. There

these kind people also discovered that he was their own relative and
had to be protected from his step-brother Mr. Monks. Mr. Monks had
planned to take away Oliver’s share of property. But with Mr. Brownlow’s
help, Oliver got his rightful share of the property and lived happily.]

glossary :
hastily : urgently

pauper woman : poor woman

: an officer
persuade : convince, believe something

watery gruel : liquid food

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