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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) 16 years.
(b) A couple months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 44 years.

2. What was a job of last resort?
(a) Crossing sweeps.
(b) Chimney sweeps.
(c) Costermongers.
(d) Begging.

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

4. What did the fire eater have to do once to win five shillings on a bet?
(a) Kill a cobra with his teeth.
(b) Walk on a tightrope forty feet off the ground while eating fire.
(c) Kill 20 rats in a cage with his teeth.
(d) Jump into the Thames River while on fire.

5. What were the low end lodging houses like?
(a) They were usually clean with decent food.
(b) They were just adequate, a little heat and a roof.
(c) They were typical dwellings for lower middle class.
(d) In terrible condition with no heat and leaky roofs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did some young costers commit petty crimes?

2. Why did the puppeteer leave his former job to become a puppeteer?

3. What happened to the man after he was injured?

4. What was a huckster who sold hardware at a fair called?

5. Where does the puppeteer perform his Punch and Judy show?

(see the answer key)

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