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

2. Who often became chimney sweepers?
(a) Destitute orphans.
(b) Many young men since it paid very well.
(c) The tallest member of a Costermonger family.
(d) The smallest member of a Costermonger family.

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

4. Who worked for very low wages in the hopes of finding something to sell?
(a) Beaters.
(b) Cleaners.
(c) Sorters.
(d) Sifters.

5. To whom did some merchants loan stock at no cost?
(a) Female costers selling nearby.
(b) Male costers with families.
(c) Male costers who sold food.
(d) Female costers who sold newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the renters of low lodging houses eat?

2. Who collected coal, small scraps of wood, lost coins and other junk from the deep, sucking, stinking mud?

3. What had one crossing sweep worked at until he was injured at age 36?

4. What did the most intelligent and well-to-do costers sell?

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

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