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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 had one crossing sweep worked at until he was injured at age 36?
(a) A carpenter.
(b) A ostler.
(c) A bricklayer.
(d) A painter.

2. Who is one casual warder profiled?
(a) A mixed race teenaged girl.
(b) A black woman whose parents had been slaves in America.
(c) An Indian man.
(d) A young boy.

3. What did the photographic man do before this job?
(a) Banjo player.
(b) Bar keeper.
(c) Bouncer.
(d) Singer.

4. Where did the street people of London in the 1800s conduct their trade?
(a) In their stores.
(b) On the streets and sidewalks.
(c) Only in the city park.
(d) In booths in the market.

5. When did the one homeless shelter open?
(a) When temperatures dropped below freezing.
(b) From 7 to 8 pm nightly during the winter.
(c) During the summer months only.
(d) Every night of the year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many were employed as domestic servants?

2. What did Ragmen do?

3. Who worked for very low wages in the hopes of finding something to sell?

4. How many were professors and artists?

5. Why did the puppeteer sometimes change the content of the Punch and Judy play?

(see the answer key)

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