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

2. What was a huckster who sold hardware at a fair called?
(a) A Penny Call.
(b) A Cheap Con.
(c) A Hustler.
(d) A Cheap Jack.

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

4. Why did Mayhew say many costermongers lived in sin?
(a) They never attended church.
(b) They refused to acknowledge the crown.
(c) They stole merchandise.
(d) They were unmarried.

5. 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 brought their own food.
(d) They ate before they came in for the night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of toiletry items were provided by some of the better lodging houses?

2. What did the two orphan girls whose story Mayhew told sell?

3. On what day of the week were regular customers allowed to stay free in some lodging houses?

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

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

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