Oliver Twist Quizzes

Oliver Twist Quiz 1

1 Who names Oliver?
Mrs. Thingummy

His mother

Mr. Bumble

Mrs. Mann
2 Who convinces Mr. Fang to drop the charges against Oliver?
The police officer

The bookstall keeper

Mr. Brownlow

Fagin
3 What do the officers suspect about the attempted robbery at Mrs. Maylie's?
That it was committed by men from the village

That Oliver masterminded it

That it was committed by men from the city

That the servants were involved
4 Why do Fagin and Sikes think Oliver will be best for the job they are planning?
He is the smallest

He will be least likely to betray them

He will be too scared to disobey

He looks innocent
5 Who always threatens to eat his own head?
Mr. Grimwig

Fagin

Bill Sikes

Mr. Brownlow
6 Who starts the cries of "Stop thief!"?
Mr. Brownlow

The bookseller

The artful Dodger

Fagin
7 Whose name is often preceded by "flash?"
Toby Crackit

Charley Bates

John Dawkins

Tom Chitling
8 Why does Fagin decide to spy on Nancy?
He thinks she knows where Oliver is

He thinks she is planning to turn them in to the police

He thinks she is having an affair, and wants to blackmail her

He thinks she is preparing to run away
9 Who is Monks?
Sikes

Oliver's brother

Fagin's favorite boy

Oliver's father
10 What is this quote an example of: "Everything told of life and animation, but one dark cluster of objects in the centre of all--the black stage, the cross-beam, the rope, and all the hideous apparatus of death?"
Allusion

Metaphor

Irony

Juxtaposition
11 What is the one thing that makes Oliver sad at the end of the novel?
That Mrs. Maylie is ill

That Dick has died

That Rose and Harry's marriage will take them away

That Fagin has to die
12 What is Noah Claypole's preferred method of thievery?
House breaking

Pickpocketing gentlemen

Stealing from old ladies

Stealing from children
13 Who does Mr. Bumble marry?
Mrs. Corney

Mrs. Mann

Nancy

Betsy
14 Who gets shot during the robbery?
Oliver

Nancy

Toby Crackit

Bill Sikes
15 Who goes on Oliver's wildflower-picking expeditions with him?
Harry Maylie

Dr. Losberne

Rose Maylie

Mrs. Maylie
16 Which of these characters is redeemed by the end of the novel?
Charley Bates

Fagin

Bill Sikes

Tom Chitling
17 How does Nancy sneak out to meet Rose the first time?
She gives Sikes laudanum in his drink

She encourages Sikes to dirnk until he passes out

She tells Sikes she is going to see Fagin

She waits until Sikes is on a job
18 Which of these does not describe Oliver as a character?
Protagonist

Flat

Dynamic

Static
19 What city is the novel centered on?
New York City

Dublin

Oxford

London
20 Why does Mr. Brownlow go to the West Indies?
To look for Edward Leeford

To recover from the heartbreak caused by Oliver

To recover from an illness

To find a wife
21 Who often pretends to be drunk?
Nancy

Fagin

Bill Sikes

The artful Dodger
22 In whose apartment building does the hunt for Sikes end?
Tom Chitling's

Toby Crackit's

Sike's

Fagin's
23 Who is the portrait of that Oliver likes in Mr. Brownlow's house?
Mr. Brownlow's fiancee

Mrs. Maylie

Rose Maylie

Agnes Fleming
24 Who overhears Monks and Fagin talking?
Nancy

Bill Sikes

The artful Dodger

Noah Claypole
25 What is Oliver almost sentenced to for stealing Mr. Brownlow's handkerchief?
Three years in prison

Hard labor

Death

Community service