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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 4: Those That Will Not Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had one crossing sweep worked at until he was injured at age 36?
(a) A carpenter.
(b) A painter.
(c) A bricklayer.
(d) A ostler.

2. What did 307 poor people do for the first time?
(a) Found a job.
(b) Learned to read.
(c) Talked to a Priest.
(d) Attended church.

3. How long had the crossing week Mayhew interviewed work as a crossing sweep at the time of the interview?
(a) A few months.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) More than a decade.

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

5. How did coster runaway children usually support themselves?
(a) Joining the military.
(b) Entering orphanages.
(c) Selling items on the street.
(d) Living with another adult.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the author call a place where women have sex for drugs?

3. At about what age did many costermonger children begin to sell?

4. What did a 19-year-old newspaper printer like?

5. What is another thing the London City Mission did?

(see the answer key)

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