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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. Who were most of the street folk Mayhew discussed?
(a) Entertainers.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) The Insane.
(d) The Homeless.

2. Why did some of these low-end workers go into the business?
(a) Because they like being outside.
(b) Because their family was in it before them.
(c) Because they make pretty good pay.
(d) No reason is mentioned.

3. What did dustmen do?
(a) Hauled off the coal dust and ashes.
(b) Kept the noble's carriages clean.
(c) Cleaned out chimneys.
(d) Dusted the store fronts.

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

5. What did patterers deliver to their potential customers?
(a) Monologues on how to do things.
(b) Long, creative sales pitches.
(c) Short, pithy sales pitches.
(d) Sermons on the sinfulness of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often did chimney sweeps bathe in times earlier than that of Mayhew?

2. What happened if a coster child didn't have the money to pay for lodging?

3. From what ailment did Mayhew say all skilled laborers suffered?

4. What did the magician earn at the time of Mayhew's interview with him?

5. What did the crossing sweep who Mayhew interviewed work at before finding an open intersection?

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