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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 4: Those That Will Not Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the clown hide from his neighbors?
(a) The good money he makes.
(b) That he came from a very wealthy family.
(c) His occupation.
(d) Nothing.

2. How long had the crossing week Mayhew interviewed work as a crossing sweep at the time of the interview?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) More than a decade.
(d) A few months.

3. Who in Mike's family eventually emigrated to America?
(a) His older brother.
(b) His mother and her second husband.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His sister and her husband.

4. What does Mayhew say separates animals from plants?
(a) Mobility.
(b) The force of breath.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The necessity of finding food.

5. What did Ragmen do?
(a) Washed carriages with rags.
(b) Washed windows with rags.
(c) Play various instruments on street corners.
(d) Wandered the streets buying used clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most common tasks for which costers used math?

2. What happened when Mike's father died?

3. How did Mayhew term the young men between 12 and 20 years old who had no job and loitered in the streets?

4. What does Mayhew say humans must do?

5. What did the children who were put in jail think of the experience?

(see the answer key)

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