In the times the novel Oliver Twist plays in, Britain had a __________ and her name was __________ .

• There were many orphanages all over the country in the times of Charles Dickens.
• An orphan is a child who has lost its parents.
• Every child lived in an orphanage on its own.

• Children who worked in workhouses had to go to school, too.
• England only had workhouses between the years 1837 and 1901.
• In a workhouse the children had to work the whole day.

• Charles Dickens has never lived in a workhouse.
• The author knows what he is talking about because he lived in a workhouse, too.
• Charles Dickens was an „orphan“, too.

• Queen Victoria didn’t like the novel „Oliver Twist“.

• Queen Victoria had many children.
• Queen Victoria put the managers of workhouses into prison.
• Queen Victoria never visited orphanages and workhouses.

After Queen Victoria put an end to the workhouses, children…

• …were allowed to go to school.
• …were able to eat real food.
• …had to work for bad food.