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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) There was no host.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Soldiers.

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

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

4. What were the low end lodging houses like?
(a) They were typical dwellings for lower middle class.
(b) In terrible condition with no heat and leaky roofs.
(c) They were just adequate, a little heat and a roof.
(d) They were usually clean with decent food.

5. What did most costermongers do with their children?
(a) Sent them to orphanages.
(b) Left the babies to the elements so they didn't have to keep them.
(c) Did their best to support them.
(d) Farmed them out.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did some merchants loan stock at no cost?

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

3. From what ailment did Mayhew say all skilled laborers suffered?

4. How did wholesale suppliers cheat costers?

5. Into what kind of fund did residents of better lodging houses pay?

(see the answer key)

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