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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2: Of the Street-Jews.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mayhew say many costermongers lived in sin?
(a) They never attended church.
(b) They refused to acknowledge the crown.
(c) They stole merchandise.
(d) They were unmarried.

2. What happened to many coster children if their parents thought they did not bring enough money home at night?
(a) They were thrown out.
(b) They were killed.
(c) They were sold into slavery.
(d) They were beaten.

3. What was the most common tasks for which costers used math?
(a) Figuring the weights and measurements of their instruments.
(b) Figuring their profits.
(c) Most costers did not know how to do math.
(d) Betting on the horse races.

4. What did a publisher who Mayhew knew do for the boy who talked to Mayhew?
(a) Adopted him.
(b) Sent him to America.
(c) Helped him get an apprenticeship.
(d) Give him odd jobs occasionally.

5. What percentage of costermongers did not own their stock?
(a) Thirty percent.
(b) Ninety percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) Seventy-five percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who most often hosted lodging houses?

2. What does Mayhew seem to believe about certain occupations?

3. On what did coster children often waste their money?

4. What type of toiletry items were provided by some of the better lodging houses?

5. How did wholesale suppliers cheat costers?

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