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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. Who most often hosted lodging houses?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) There was no host.

2. What was another name for a patterer?
(a) Con artist.
(b) Riggers.
(c) Speakeasy.
(d) Montebank.

3. What could the interest rate on stock reach?
(a) Twenty percent per day.
(b) 1040 percent per year.
(c) Two hundred percent per year.
(d) Forty percent per week.

4. What type of modern store did costermongers fill in 1800s London?
(a) Grocery stores.
(b) Convenience stores.
(c) Clothing stores.
(d) Department stores.

5. What were costermongers called who carried their wares on their backs?
(a) Back sellers.
(b) Packmen.
(c) Pack vendors.
(d) Mobile vendors.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did the renters of low lodging houses eat?

4. How did wholesale suppliers cheat costers?

5. What percentage of people earning their living on the streets were vendors?

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