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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. What did shovelers do?
(a) Piled coal ash into heaps.
(b) Cleared the streets of leaves.
(c) Cleared the streets of snow.
(d) Picked up horse manure from the streets.

2. How did the police sometimes help crossing sweeps?
(a) By recommending them for better jobs.
(b) By protecting their territory for them.
(c) They looked down upon the crossing sweeps and would not help them.
(d) By finding them odd jobs.

3. What did patterers deliver to their potential customers?
(a) Monologues on how to do things.
(b) Short, pithy sales pitches.
(c) Long, creative sales pitches.
(d) Sermons on the sinfulness of life.

4. What happened when Mike's father died?
(a) His mother kicked him out of the house.
(b) He was given an apprenticeship as a footman.
(c) He was allowed to train as a policeman.
(d) His mother was cheated out of her house.

5. What did the mutual aid societies do?
(a) Protect their turf.
(b) Protect their equipment.
(c) Collect a small amount from each member to take care of them or their families if need be.
(d) Testify for them if they are being cheated.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Mike live with after he is an orphan?

2. What was the average wage of someone in the job in number 69?

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

4. What kind of selling required the most capital and equipment?

5. What did Ragmen do?

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