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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 most costermongers do with their children?
(a) Sent them to orphanages.
(b) Left the babies to the elements so they didn't have to keep them.
(c) Farmed them out.
(d) Did their best to support them.

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

3. For whom did the street clown work for before becoming a clown?
(a) His father's employer.
(b) The dockmaster.
(c) The constable as a watchboy.
(d) A gang of crossing sweeps.

4. How are Irish families described by Mayhew?
(a) As the unfortunate recipients of unwarranted prejudice.
(b) As drunken oafs.
(c) As filthy, diseased, lazy but grateful beggars.
(d) As sloe-eyed teetotalers.

5. What motivated the clown to continue working?
(a) His wife and children.
(b) His fear of failure.
(c) He likes the work if it wasn't for the lack of prestige.
(d) He will be arrested for breaking a contract.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did one of the young thieves who belonged to a gang tell Mayhew?

3. What did the mutual aid societies do?

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

5. Who does Mayhew say are well paid compared to others profiled in the book?

(see the answer key)

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