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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2: Of the Street-Jews.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were vendors categorized by Mayhew?
(a) By how much money they made.
(b) By their place of business.
(c) Type of merchandise sold.
(d) By the class in which they were born.

2. With whom does Mike live with after he is an orphan?
(a) His teenage sister.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) No where.

3. What did costermongers hope to do by dark everyday?`
(a) Steal and fence enough goods for whiskey.
(b) Sell enough merchandise to feed their family every night.
(c) Win big at gambling.
(d) They had no daily goals.

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

5. What happened if a coster child didn't have the money to pay for lodging?
(a) They were sent out to steal.
(b) They ran up a bill.
(c) They sold themselves to another renter.
(d) They hid under the bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who looked down upon chimney sweepers?

2. What did Mayhew say was the reason people from wealthier families became patterers?

3. What did the city of London use several tons of per year?

4. To what was street vending an alternative?

5. What did the children who were put in jail think of the experience?

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