Oliver Twist

1. We are introduced to young Oliver Twist at the beginning of the film. Describe
the young boy. (minimum 5 sentences)

2. Who raised Oliver Twist until he was 9-years old?

3. Describe the conditions in the orphanage. (5 sentences)

4. Why is Oliver Twist put up for sale?

5. Who is the first person to try to buy Oliver?

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 6. Why is Jack Dawkins known as the “Artful Dodger?”

7. Why are the young boys living with Fagin? Do the boys have any other choice
other than to stay with Fagin and become pickpockets?

8. Why is Oliver Twist arrested?

9. Who rescues Oliver Twist from a sentence of hard labor?

10. Why is this person kind to Oliver Twist?

11. How do they get rid of Oliver’s old clothes?

12. What is Oliver doing when he is kidnapped?

13. What do Fagin and Bill decide they must do to Oliver?

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 14. Nancy takes a big risk and tries to save Oliver. What happens to her after Fagin
and Bill find out she has betrayed them?

15. What happens to Fagin at the end of the movie?

16. During the 19th century, Europeans believed that you were born good or evil. In
this film, Dickens challenges the popular belief that beggars are lazy and criminals
are evil from the day they are born. He is suggests through his story that vice is
caused by a corrupt and impoverished environment. Do you agree or disagree. (5-7
sentences)

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