Answer Key to Password Readers
Oliver Twist
Chapter 1
pages 4–5
(1)
1. In a workhouse in England
2. She dies after giving birth to Oliver.
3. No, they are not happy.
4. More food
5. He is offered to an employer for £5.
(2)
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. c
pages 8–9
(3)
1. I’m going to have a baby.
2. Let me see the child.
3. He grew up in the workhouse.
4. I’m going to eat one of you!
5. Go on. Ask for more!
6. Please sir, I want some more.
7. Get in there, you ungrateful little wretch.
(4)
1. Let’s call him Oliver Twist.
2. Let’s ask for more food.
3. Let’s see if anybody wants to take him.
(5)
a. mother / workhouse / ill / dies
b. Oliver Twist / workhouse / hungry / food
c. Mr Bumber / manager / workhouse / Oliver / notice / employer
(6)
1. T
(7)
f, d, g, k, i, e, b, j, h, c, a
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. T
6. T
Chapter 2
pages 10–11
(1)
1. Mr Sowerberry, an undertaker
2. He’s an undertaker
3. in the beginning, yes
4. He said bad things about Oliver’s mother
(2)
1. c
2. e
3. d
4. a
5. b
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(3)
1. arrived
6. punished
(4)
1. I’ll take him …
2. But he’ll grow…
(5)
1. He was very frightened.
2. She was a bad one.
3. We were too kind.
4. Do you know anybody who wants a boy?
5. He’s killing me!
6. Aren’t you afraid?
7. Don’t talk about her!
8. You can eat that.
9. That boy must eat only soup.
10. I’m sorry for you.
(6)
1. b
(7)
d, f, b, e, c, a
(8)
1. Mr Sowerberry, a
2. satisfied, b
3. frightened, f
4. mother, e
5. Oliver, d
6. furious, c
2. a
2. gave
7. pushed
3. e
4. d
3. hated
8. rushed
5. f
4. knew
5. met
9. slept 10. took
6. c
Chapter 3
pages 16–17
(1)
1. He decides to run away.
2. He goes to London.
3. He meets the Artful Dodger.
4. To meet Fagin
(2)
1. b
2. d
3. b
4. c
2. d
3. b
4. a
pages 20–21
(3)
1. c
(4)
1. Mr Sowerberry / Oliver / workhouse
2. Mrs Sowerberry / Oliver
3. Noal Claypole / Mrs Sowerberry / Oliver
4. Jack Dawkins / the Artful Dodger / Oliver / Fagin
5. Fagin / Oliver
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(5)
1. Fagin
2. The Artful Dodger
3. Oliver
4. Fagin
5. The Artful Dodger
1. Fagin / Oliver
2. Dodger / Oliver
3. Mr and Mrs Sowerberry / Oliver / London
4. the handkerchief / Oliver / Fagin
5. Oliver / Fagin
(6)
e, g, c, a, b, j, k, i, f, d, h
Settings (pages 22–23)
(from left to right): c, e, a, j, h, f, g, b, d, i
Chapter 4
pages 24–25
(1)
1. Because Oliver saw the jewels
2. A receiver of stolen goods
3. Steal his wallet
4. Because Oliver runs
(2)
1. d
2. b
3. a
4. c
pages 28–29
(3)
1. woke up
5. put
(4)
1. What are you looking at?
2. What are they doing?
3. He’s taking his wallet.
(5)
b, c, e, a, f, d
(6)
1. tunnel, e
2. chase, f
3. run, a
4. Oliver / the Artful Dodger, b
5. fell, d
6. an old man / pocket, c
(7)
1. b
2. c
2. saw
3. made
6. understood 7. began
3. b
4. b
5. a
4. went
8. hit
6. c
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Chapter 5
pages 30–31
(1)
1. To a court
2. Mr Bownlow
3. No, he is sorry for him
4. Probably a criminal
(2)
5/4/6/3/1/7/2
pages 34–35
(3)
1. What’s all this noise?
2. I saw the boy running away.
3. I saw what happened.
4. I’m going to take him home.
5. Not guilty. Take the boy away.
6. You can pretend that he’s your brother.
7. Nonsense! The boy is perfectly all right.
8. If he tells the police about us, we’re all in trouble.
(4)
1. F
(5)
a. the shopkeeper
c. the judge
b. Bill Sikes
d. Nancy
1. judge
3. Bill Sikes / Fagin
2. Mrs Sowerberry
4. Nancy
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. F
6. T
(6)
Oliver / old man / bookshop / pocket / wallet / my wallet / Stop, thief / run / crowd /
hit / fell / arrested
(7)
c, g, h, a, f, d, e, b
Settings (pages 36–37)
(from left to right): g, d, h, c, f, b, e, a, i, k, j
Chapter 6
pages 38–39
(1)
1. Mr Brownlow and his housekeeper
2. Yes, he is cautious but happy
3. To take the books to the bookshop
4. Nancy and Bill Sikes
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(2)
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. e
2. e
3. c
4. a
5. b
4. T
5. F
pages 42–43
(3)
1. d
(4)
b, c, d, f, h, a, i, g, e
(5)
1. T
(6)
d, c, f, a, e, b
(7)
1. Mr Brownlow / Mr Grimwig, e
2. books / money, a
3. ill / housekeeper, d
4. Nancy / Bill Sikes, b
5. happy, f
6. picture, c
2. F
3. F
6. f
7. g
Chapter 7
pages 44–45
(1)
1. Back to Fagin’s place
2. Yes, she does.
3. Bill Sikes
4. To a house in the country
(2)
1. d
2. b
3. a
4. c
pages 48–49
(3)
1. Fagin, e, b
2. Bill Sikes, f, b
3. Oliver, a, c
4. Fagin, d, b
5. Nancy, d, b
(4)
1. b
(5)
1. ready / careful, c
2. country / valuable, b
3. run / police, a
4. job / shoot, d
(6)
d, i, e, c, b, h, g, f, j, a
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. a
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Chapter 8
pages 50–51
(1)
1. To go in the window
2. He is shot in the arm
3. He goes to the house
4. Yes, they are very kind
(2)
1. c
2. d
3. a
4. b
2. f
3. c
4. b
5. g
6. d
3. d
4. c
5. a
6. f
pages 54–55
(3)
1. e
(4)
c, f, d, e, a, b
(5)
1. e
(6)
asleep / noise / servants / robber s / shot / blood / kitchen / arm / aunt / hour / child /
ill / prison / criminal
2. b
7. a
Chapter 9
pages 56–57
(1)
1. Yes, he is.
2. A strange man stops him.
3. Someone connected with his mother.
4. Mr Bumble
(2)
1. inn 2. keep
3. curse
4. mean
5. stranger
4. T
6. F
8. T
pages 60–61
(3)
1. T
2. F
(4)
1. Sowerberry
3. Noah
5. Agnes
7. Bill Sikes
9. Brownlow
11. Nancy
(5)
f, e, a, c, d, b, g
(6)
1. f
2. e
3. F
5. T
7. T
2. Monks
4. Grimwig
6. Rose
8. Bumble
10. Dodger
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. d
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Chapter 10
pages 62–63
(1)
1. She listens secretly.
2. Rose
3. That Oliver is in danger of being kidnapped.
(2)
1. a
2. d
3. a
4. c
pages 66–67
(3)
1. What, e
2. Where, c
3. Who, d
(4)
1. b
3. d
4. a
5. e
(5)
b, c, a, f, d, e
(6)
2. c
1. d
2. a
3. c
4. e
5. b
6. f
a. R
b. N
c. R
d. N
e. R
f. N
4. Which, a
g. R
5. Why, f
6. When, b
h. N
a, d, g, b, e, h, c, f
Chapter 11
pages 68–69
(1)
1. To see Mr Brownlow
2. Yes, they are.
3. To London Bridge
4. She meets Mr Brownlow.
5. Dodger follows her.
(2)
1. b
2. e
3. a
4. d
5. c
pages 72–73
(3)
1. I think I know who he is.
2. I’ll go and speak to him.
3. It they take Fagin, they will take Bill too.
4. Thank God you’re safe.
5. We can do nothing until Sunday night.
(4)
1. T
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. F
6. F
7. T
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(5)
1. Fagin
4. Nancy
2. Mr Brownlow
5. Mr Brownlow
3. Oliver
6. Nancy
1. Nancy
2. Mr Brownlow, Monks
3. Mr Brwonlow, Oliver
4. Nancy, Bill Sikes
5. Mr Brownlow, Rose
6. Nancy, Monks
(6)
1. c
(7)
N = Nancy, B = Mr Brownlow, R = Rose
a. N
2. g
b. N
3. d
c. B
4. f
d. B
5. e
e. N
6. a
f. B
7. h
8. b
g. N
Settings (pages74–75)
(from left to right): d, i (top), c (bottom), b, a, e, f, j, h, g
Chapter 12
pages 76–77
(1)
1. Bill Sikes
2. About Nancy’s meeting
3. He murders her
4. He runs away
(2)
1. careful
2. strength
3. floor
4. at last
5. dead
pages 80–81
(3)
1. But what about the dog?
2. He turned away from the body – he did not want to see it
3. I know what you did
4. She told them everything about us
5. What’s the news from London?
6. Why are you looking at me like that?
(4)
1. Who, c
4. How, d
2. Where, f
5. When, b
3. What, a
6. Why, e
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(5)
1. c
2. b
3. a
(6)
f, a, d, c, e, b,
(7)
1. hit, d
3. panic / Fagin, b
5. village, c
4. c
2. London, e
4. followed / help, a
6. London Bridge / two, f
Chapter 13
pages 83–83
(1)
1. About his brother
2. Open
3. Mr Bumble
4. Yes, he knows Monks
(2)
1. c
2. a
3. e
4. b
2. d
3. a
4. b
5. d
pages 86–87
(3)
1. c
(4)
a. Monks
b. Agnes, Oliver’s mother
c. Monks’ father/Oliver’s father also
d. Oliver
e. Monks’ mother
Monks and Oliver have the same father.
Monks and Oliver are stepbrothers.
Oliver’s father and his mother were not married.
(5)
Mr Leeford / separated / Agnes / died / workhouse / ring / name / rich / Edward /
will / Monks / woman / river / Fagin
(6)
c, h, f, b, d, a, e, g
Chapter 14
pages 88–89
(1)
1. No, they aren’t.
2. He climbed on to the roof to escape.
3. He fell and was hanged accidentally.
4. Fagin is condemned to death, Monks dies in prison and Bumble has to live in the
workhouse.
5. He goes to live with Mr Brownlow and is happy.
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(2)
1. d
2. b
3. a
4. d
pages 92–93
(3)
1. c
2. a
(4)
1. Dodger
5. Mr Brownlow
2. Monks
6. Fagin
3. Bill Sikes
7. Nancy
4. Bumber
(5)
1. T
4. T
6. F
8. F
(6)
c, e, a, f, b, d
(7)
1. rope / hanged, d
2. roof, f
3. Dodger / Toby, c
4. terror, b
5. dog / crowd, a
6. Bill Sikes, e
2. F
3. b
3. T
4. d
5. T
7. F
About the Story
Characters (pages 94–95)
(1)
a. Rose
f. Bill Sikes
b. Mr Brownlow
g. Bumble
c. Monks
h. Nancy
d. Fagin
e. Mrs Sowerberry
i. Mr Grimwig
(2)
1. c
3. h
4. b
5. i
6. e
7. a
8. f
(3)
Open
(4)
Open
2. d
g
Places (pages 96–97)
(1)
1. f
2. d
3. a
4. e
5. c
6. b
7. g
8. h
(2)
1. a
2. g
3. h
4. f
5. c
6. d
7. h
8. b
Plot (pages 98–99)
(1)
1. First, Oliver’s mother arrives at the workhouse. Then, Oliver is born. After that,
Oliver’s mother dies.
2. First Oliver asks for more food. Then Mr Bumble punishes Oliver. After that, Mr
Bumble sends Oliver to work for Mr Sowerberry.
3. First Noah insults Oliver’s mother. Then Oliver attacks Noah. After that, Mr
Sowerberry punishes Oliver.
4. First, Oliver runs away to London. Then, Dodger meets Oliver in the street. After
that, Dodger takes Oliver to Fagin’s house.
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5. First, Dodger steals Mr Brownlow’s wallet. Then, Oliver runs away. After that, the
crowd follows Oliver.
6. First, a policeman takes Oliver to court. Then, the shopkeeper says Oliver did
nothing. After that, Mr Brownlow takes Oliver home.
(2)
a. Oliver is at Mrs Maylie’s house.
Bill Sikes and Monks are at the window.
They plan to kidnap Oliver.
b. Bill Sikes and Nancy
He is angry because she met people on London Bridge and told them everything.
She is murdered.
c. They are Oliver’s father (Leeford) and his wife (who is not Oliver’s mother).
Their son is Monks, whose real name is Edward Leeford. He hates Oliver because
Oliver is entitled to half of the father’s money.
d. Oliver is at Mr Brownlow’s house in the country.
He is happy because he is sage from danger and cared for.
Not Only Glossary (pages 106–112)
(1)
wide, narrow
light, dark
clean, dirty
sad, happy
hate, love
long, short
young, old
late, early
well, ill
down, up
(2)
1. pocket
2. pistol
3. housekeeper4. lock 5. steal 6. valuable
(3)
1. stranger
5. ready
2. inn
6. throw
3. imagination 4. curse
7. mysterious
8. keep
(4)
Across
Down
2. owner
1. robber
4. blood
3. window
5. one
4. bank
(5)
1. will
5. carriage
2. confess
6. separate
3. share
7. bridge
4. destroy
8. disappear
(6)
criminal, murder, judge, prison, thief, condemn, steal, hang, robber, police, trial
(7)
1. Meet me outside the pub.
2. Dodger has two wallets.
3. The jewels are under Fagin’s bed.
7. explosion
6. door
9. niece
8. pain
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