Y7 Homework due 16/10

Which of these is NOT true about Victorian London?

• It was overcrowded

• It was unhygienic

• It was polluted

• Everyone was in poverty

Which of these is true about Victorian workhouses?

• They were harsh and severe

• They were bright and pleasant

• They were very small buildings

• They served delicious, healthy food

Which of these is true?

• All Victorians in poverty turned to crime because they were desperate

• Some Victorians in poverty turned to crime because they were desperate

• No Victorians in poverty turned to crime

Which is NOT true about Charles Dickens?

• He grew up in a workhouse

• His father was sent to prison for being in debt

• He had to leave school and get a job when he was a teenager

• He did not agree with how the poor were treated

Which characters run the workhouse in 'Oliver Twist'?

• Mr and Mrs Bumble

• Mr and Mrs Claypole

• Mr and Mrs Scrooge

• Mr and Mrs Dickens

What word describes someone who is weak and in bad health because of a lack of food?

• malnourished

• malevolent

• malicious

• malpractice

What is the story of 'Oliver Twist'?

• A poem

• A play

• A social commentary

• An autobiography

Writing about issues in society is called...

• social inequality

• social commentary

• social injustice

• social sciences

Match the word to its meaning

• What a writer makes a character like

• poverty

• Describes something very strict or harsh

• desperate

• The state of being extremely poor

• severe

• Needing or wanting something very much

• characterisation

Which word best describes Mrs Bumble?

• corrupt

• vulnerable

• malnourished

• compassionate