Oliver Asks for More – MCQs (20+ Questions)

1. Where was Oliver Twist born?
   a) In London
   b) In a workhouse
   c) In Mr. Sowerberry's undertaking parlor
   d) In a village
2. What is Oliver's age at the beginning of this extract?
   a) 5 years old
   b) 7 years old
   c) 9 years old
   d) 11 years old
3. How many meals of gruel did the workhouse boys receive daily?
   a) One meal
   b) Two meals
   c) Three meals
   d) Four meals
4. How is Oliver chosen to ask for more soup?
   a) The master selects him
   b) Lots are cast and Oliver is chosen by the other boys
   c) He volunteers enthusiastically
   d) The beadle orders him to
5. What are Oliver's exact words when he asks for more?
   a) "Can I have some more soup, sir?"
   b) "Please, sir, I want some more"
   c) "May I have some more, sir?"
   d) "Sir, please give me more soup"
6. What is the master's physical appearance?
   a) Thin and pale
   b) Young and energetic
   c) Fat and healthy
   d) Old and frail
7. How does the master initially react to Oliver's request?
   a) He smiles and gives Oliver more gruel
   b) He becomes very pale, gasps, and clings to the copper for support
   c) He ignores Oliver completely
   d) He immediately calls for the beadle
8. What does the master do after Oliver's request?
   a) He patiently explains the dietary rules
   b) He aims a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle, seizes him, and shrieks for the beadle
   c) He sends Oliver to bed without punishment
   d) He increases the gruel portion
9. Who is Mr. Bumble?
   a) The workhouse cook
   b) The workhouse doctor
   c) The beadle, an important officer in the town
   d) An undertaker
10. What is Mr. Bumble's reaction to Oliver's request?
    a) He finds it reasonable and sympathetic
    b) He is shocked and predicts Oliver's fate with horror
    c) He simply records the incident
    d) He asks Oliver to explain his hunger
11. What does the gentleman in the white waistcoat predict about Oliver?
    a) He will become a successful businessman
    b) He will become a teacher
    c) "That boy will be hung"
    d) He will become a doctor
12. What happens to Oliver immediately after the incident?
    a) He is sent to bed early
    b) He is given extra food as reward
    c) He is ordered into instant confinement in a dark room
    d) He is dismissed from the workhouse
13. How long is Oliver locked in a dark room?
    a) For one day
    b) For three days
    c) For a week
    d) For a month
14. What reward is offered on the notice posted at the workhouse gate?
    a) Two pounds
    b) Five pounds
    c) Ten pounds
    d) Twenty pounds
15. Who is Mr. Sowerberry?
    a) A doctor
    b) A teacher
    c) An undertaker who makes coffins for poor people
    d) A wealthy businessman
16. Why does the workhouse offer money to anyone who takes Oliver?
    a) To be kind to Oliver
    b) To get rid of a troublemaker who dared to question authority
    c) To help Oliver find a better life
    d) To train him in a trade
17. What does Mr. Bumble tell Mr. Sowerberry at the end?
    a) Oliver is a good boy who should stay at the workhouse
    b) He points to the notice offering five pounds and asks if anyone wants Oliver
    c) Oliver has been promoted to a better position
    d) Oliver has run away
18. What is the title "Oliver Asks for More" symbolic of?
    a) Oliver's greed for food
    b) The central conflict between an innocent child's basic needs and institutional cruelty
    c) The generosity of the workhouse
    d) Oliver's courage in leadership
19. What social issue does this extract critique?
    a) Urban crime
    b) The harsh conditions and lack of compassion in Victorian workhouses and Poor Laws
    c) Educational system failures
    d) Medical malpractice
20. How is Oliver described physically at the beginning?
    a) Strong and healthy
    b) Tall and athletic
    c) Pale, thin, and weak due to neglect and hunger
    d) Well-fed and content
21. What emotion best describes Oliver's state when he asks for more?
    a) Arrogance and rebellious anger
    b) Desperate hunger, misery, and recklessness born of suffering
    c) Playful mischief
    d) Curiosity and experimentation
22. What does Charles Dickens ultimately criticize through this episode?
    a) Children who complain
    b) Soup and gruel as food
    c) The dehumanizing system that punishes basic human needs in children and the callousness of authority
    d) The workhouse master's profession

Answers: 1-b, 2-c, 3-c, 4-b, 5-b, 6-c, 7-b, 8-b, 9-c, 10-b, 11-c, 12-c, 13-c, 14-b, 15-c, 16-b, 17-b, 18-b, 19-b, 20-c, 21-b, 22-c.