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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. What would very occasionally happen to a dependable crossing sweep?
(a) He would be given such good tips he could retire.
(b) He would be beat up by less scrupulous workers.
(c) He would be hired by the city council to supervise other crossing sweeps.
(d) He would be given a job as footman or porter in a household.

2. Who were the forerunners to doormen?
(a) Costermongers.
(b) Crossing sweeps hired to open the door to an establishment.
(c) No job mentioned in this book.
(d) Mudlarks.

3. From what ailment did Mayhew say all skilled laborers suffered?
(a) Chronic depression.
(b) Arthritis.
(c) Rickets.
(d) Black lung disease.

4. What happened if a coster child didn't have the money to pay for lodging?
(a) They were sent out to steal.
(b) They sold themselves to another renter.
(c) They ran up a bill.
(d) They hid under the bed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another word that Mayhew called puppeteers?

2. What type of modern store did costermongers fill in 1800s London?

3. Where did the street people of London in the 1800s conduct their trade?

4. What did cab drivers sometimes do that was illegal?

5. What did the fire eater have to do once to win five shillings on a bet?

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