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Try answering the following questions after watching the clip: What do you think might be wrong with Ma? How do Lizzy and Emily try to protect Jim? Why do you think the children are longing for the morning to come?
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Try answering the following questions once you have listened to this part of the story. Why do you think Jim and his mother made slow progress? Why did someone suggest that prison would be a better alternative to the Workhouse? What do the verbs 'tugged' and 'jagged' suggest about Jim's treatment during his haircut? What does Jim learn at the end of the chapter? What do you think he might be thinking and feeling after receiving this news from Joseph?