Round 11: Tossup 20

This character is shot in the arm while helping Toby attempt a botched robbery. For calling his mother a “regular right-down bad ‘un”, Noah Claypole is beaten up by this character, leading (15[1])to him being fired from an undertaker’s. This character is briefly cared for by Rose Maylie, who is told of his half-brother Monks’ plot to corrupt him by (*) Nancy. After (10[1])being taken in by a man whose handkerchief he is framed for stealing, this character is kidnapped by Bill Sikes, who returns him to Fagin and the gang of pickpockets (10[1])who take him in. For 10 points, what Dickens title character asks (10[1])“please sir, I want some more” gruel? ■END■

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