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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. Altogether, what is the approximate number of women and children?
(a) 6 million.
(b) 11 million.
(c) He has no idea.
(d) 25 million.

2. 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.

3. What did Mayhew say was the reason people from wealthier families became patterers?
(a) Believing it was the way God called people to live.
(b) Rebellion.
(c) Wanderlust.
(d) Being kicked out of their home.

4. Who in Mike's family eventually emigrated to America?
(a) His mother and her second husband.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His sister and her husband.
(d) His older brother.

5. What happened to the young girl lured from home?
(a) She quickly died of veneral disease.
(b) She was never heard from again.
(c) She managed to escape and seeks refuge in a church.
(d) She encountered Hemyng who rescues her.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, how did the gypsy women make money?

2. How many men were employed in Great Britain at the time of the writing of this book?

3. How long did he and his wife have to save to buy the camera?

4. What must someone who is physically or mentally unable to work do?

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

(see the answer key)

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