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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 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.

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

3. What percentage of costermongers did not own their stock?
(a) Thirty percent.
(b) Ninety percent.
(c) Fifty percent.
(d) Seventy-five percent.

4. Why did some costermonger parents require their children to work?
(a) To keep them out of the army.
(b) To contribute to family income.
(c) To build their character.
(d) To make the parents' life easier.

5. What kind of education did most costermongers have?
(a) They have to go up to sixth grade in public school.
(b) Many could read, write and speak a foreign language.
(c) Most went through eight years of public school.
(d) Very little or none.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mayhew say all blind musicians had in common?

2. How were vendors categorized by Mayhew?

3. What kind of low lodging house segregated the renters by sex?

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

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

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