Question

Which of Noah Claypole's character traits is revealed in this excerpt from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens?

Noah, whose top waistcoat-button might have been somewhere on a level with the crown of Oliver's head, rubbed his eyes with the inside of his wrists while this commiseration was bestowed upon him, and performed some affecting tears and sniffs.

A. carelessness

B. deceptiveness

C. selfishness

D. apprehension

Answer 1

edmentum/plato answer :)

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. deceptiveness. Noah is actually a few years older than Oliver, or at least bigger and stronger. He picks on Oliver from the moment Oliver arrived at the coffin maker's workshop. And yet, when Oliver hits him for the first time, he pretends he's badly hurt. Dickens makes it clear that this is just a performance.