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Questions in chapter 2
1) Why was Oliver careful to hide when he saw people in the street?
2) How did Oliver go to London?
3) How long did Oliver walk to London? How did he suffer during his trip?
4) How could Jack trick Oliver when he met him?
5) How was Oliver expectation about London as a great city just a nave illusion?
6) Where did Fagin live? What was he like?
7) Despite having a lot of jewellery, Fagin lived in an old house. How did Oliver account for
this?
8) How did the gang try to teach Oliver picking pockets?
9) When did Oliver understood that Fagin and the boys are thieves?
10) How was Oliver a victim of others' deeds?
11) Why was Mr. Brownlow puzzled when he saw Oliver?
12) What did the magistrate decide when he heard what Oliver had done?
13) What happened to Oliver upon hearing that he would be imprisoned?
14) How did the bookshop owner (Mr. Brownlow) save Oliver from imprisonment?
15) How did Mr. Brownlow take Oliver to his house? Why?

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16) What did Oliver think of Fagin?
17) Where did Oliver stay in Mr. Brownlow's house?
18) How long did Oliver take to recover (get better)?
19) Why was Mr. Brownlow puzzled for the second time when he saw Oliver?
20) How was Oliver when he saw the portrait of the woman?
21) How did Fagin feel when he heard what had happened to Oliver? Prove.
22) What problem would they face as a result of Oliver's being arrested?
23) Who did Fagin and Sikes send to find out what happened to Oliver? Why?
24) Why did Fagin decide to find Oliver?
25) What did Fagin decide when he knew that Mr. Brownlow took Oliver to his house?
26) Who were sent to find Oliver?

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