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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 did Mayhew say all blind musicians had in common?
(a) They were all blind at birth.
(b) They were all religious.
(c) They were all poor musicians.
(d) They were all the best musicians.

2. What were the two usual reasons customers bought from patterers?
(a) To make fun of the patterers.
(b) For the entertainment and because they believed the spiel.
(c) They felt God wanted them to buy.
(d) The patterers were almost always pretty, young women.

3. On what day of the week were regular customers allowed to stay free in some lodging houses?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

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

5. How were dustmen hired?
(a) By individual store owners.
(b) By the city council.
(c) By the mayor.
(d) They just worked and then asked for a wage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the fire eater earn?

2. Where did a coster sleep if sales were bad?

3. What does Mayhew say the Jewish traders seldom were?

4. How long had the crossing week Mayhew interviewed work as a crossing sweep at the time of the interview?

5. What would the street clown prefer to do than being a clown?

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