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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2: Of the Street-Jews.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of freedom did costers enjoy that other workers did not?
(a) Being able to work when they wanted to work.
(b) Being able to put money away for retirement.
(c) Being their own boss and not being stuck indoors.
(d) Not having to pay taxes.

2. How did wholesale suppliers cheat costers?
(a) Holding the stock until it was sold and selling to two different costers.
(b) Adding hidden interest rates.
(c) Selling rotten produce or shortchanging them.
(d) Making the terms of sell difficult to understand.

3. What is one thing positive Mayhew says about crossing sweeps?
(a) They were generally honest.
(b) They would attempt any job.
(c) They worked as hard as they were capable.
(d) They were cheerful.

4. 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.

5. How were vendors categorized by Mayhew?
(a) Type of merchandise sold.
(b) By the class in which they were born.
(c) By how much money they made.
(d) By their place of business.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did some merchants loan stock at no cost?

2. How did the police sometimes help crossing sweeps?

3. What did the two orphan girls whose story Mayhew told sell?

4. What percentage of people earning their living on the streets were vendors?

5. What type of toiletry items were provided by some of the better lodging houses?

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