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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 1: Of the London Street-folk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was another name for a patterer?
(a) Speakeasy.
(b) Montebank.
(c) Con artist.
(d) Riggers.

2. What type of toiletry items were provided by some of the better lodging houses?
(a) Baht powder and shaving cream.
(b) Soap and razors.
(c) Towels and soap.
(d) Laundry soap and wash boards.

3. On what did coster children often waste their money?
(a) Beer.
(b) Betting.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Cigarettes.

4. What kind of selling required the most capital and equipment?
(a) Food and beverage.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Medicines.
(d) Weapons.

5. What did the two orphan girls whose story Mayhew told sell?
(a) Candy.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were vendors categorized by Mayhew?

2. What type of freedom did costers enjoy that other workers did not?

3. What percentage of people earning their living on the streets were vendors?

4. Why did Mayhew say many costermongers lived in sin?

5. What did Mayhew think of the reason for wealthier people to become patterers?

(see the answer key)

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