Oliver Twist

16 Who is the speaker? a) 'Here's a thief, madam! Wounded, madam! I shot him, madam!' b) 'l saw it was not easy to train him to the business.' c )Kill the girl.' d) 'But even

16 Who is the speaker, who or what are they talking about, and what do their words tell you about them? a) 'Here's a thief, madam! Wounded, madam! I shot him, madam!' b) 'l saw it was not easy to train him to the business.' c )Kill the girl.' d) 'But even if he has behaved badly, think how young he is .

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A. Giles

'Here he is!' bawled Giles, calling in a state of great excitement, up the staircase; 'here's one of the thieves, ma'am! Here's a thief, miss! Wounded, miss! I shot him, miss; and Brittles held the light.'

B. Fagin

'I saw it was not easy to train him to the business,' replied the Jew; 'he was not like other boys in the same circumstances.'

C. I see no evidence of this quote in the text.

D. Rose

'But even if he has been wicked,' pursued Rose, 'think how young he is; think that he may never have known a mother's love, or the comfort of a home; that ill-usage and blows, or the want of bread, may have driven him to herd with men who have forced him to guilt.

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Oliver Twist