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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 1: Of the London Street-folk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the renters of low lodging houses eat?
(a) They brought their own food.
(b) Food was included in the rent.
(c) They ate before they came in for the night.
(d) They pooled food with other renters.

2. What did the two orphan girls whose story Mayhew told sell?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Candy.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Newspapers.

3. What happened to many coster children if their parents thought they did not bring enough money home at night?
(a) They were killed.
(b) They were beaten.
(c) They were thrown out.
(d) They were sold into slavery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did some young costers commit petty crimes?

2. Who most often hosted lodging houses?

3. What was the most common tasks for which costers used math?

4. Where did a coster sleep if sales were bad?

5. How were vendors categorized by Mayhew?

(see the answer key)

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