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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 3: Our Street Folk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long had the clown worked in that capacity?
(a) 2 years.
(b) A couple months.
(c) 44 years.
(d) 16 years.

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

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

4. To what was street vending an alternative?
(a) Being hung.
(b) Going to the workhouse.
(c) Being sent to the military.
(d) Going to jail.

5. What group does Mayhew include among street folk that seems out of place?
(a) Drivers of horse-drawn omnibuses.
(b) Physicians.
(c) Bakers.
(d) Dentists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did costermongers usually live?

2. Why did the clown stay a clown if he did not like doing so?

3. What were costermongers called who carried their wares on their backs?

4. Who often became chimney sweepers?

5. In what field did many performers get their start?

(see the answer key)

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