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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 happened to many coster children if their parents thought they did not bring enough money home at night?
(a) They were beaten.
(b) They were thrown out.
(c) They were killed.
(d) They were sold into slavery.

2. What were the two usual reasons customers bought from patterers?
(a) To make fun of the patterers.
(b) They felt God wanted them to buy.
(c) The patterers were almost always pretty, young women.
(d) For the entertainment and because they believed the spiel.

3. Where did costermongers usually live?
(a) In alms houses.
(b) In the city parks.
(c) Above their stores.
(d) In a rented room.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did patterers deliver to their potential customers?

2. What was the most common tasks for which costers used math?

3. What could the interest rate on stock reach?

4. What did costermongers hope to do by dark everyday?`

5. Why did Mayhew say many costermongers lived in sin?

(see the answer key)

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