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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. What was the name of the vaudeville show costers enjoyed?
(a) The Bawdy Ball.
(b) The Punch and Judy show.
(c) The Street Theater.
(d) The Penny Gaff.

2. Why did some young costers commit petty crimes?
(a) For the thrill of it.
(b) For a place to sleep and food to eat.
(c) To make a name for themselves.
(d) They were angry at the government.

3. What was the most common tasks for which costers used math?
(a) Betting on the horse races.
(b) Figuring the weights and measurements of their instruments.
(c) Figuring their profits.
(d) Most costers did not know how to do math.

4. What did Mayhew think of the reason for wealthier people to become patterers?
(a) He thought it was courageous.
(b) He had no personal opinion.
(c) He thought it was extremely dishonorable.
(d) He thought it was against God's commandments.

5. What did Mayhew say all blind musicians had in common?
(a) They were all blind at birth.
(b) They were all poor musicians.
(c) They were all religious.
(d) They were all the best musicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what did coster children often waste their money?

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

3. What type of freedom did costers enjoy that other workers did not?

4. Why did some costermonger parents require their children to work?

5. To what was street vending an alternative?

(see the answer key)

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