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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 would very occasionally happen to a dependable crossing sweep?
(a) He would be given such good tips he could retire.
(b) He would be hired by the city council to supervise other crossing sweeps.
(c) He would be beat up by less scrupulous workers.
(d) He would be given a job as footman or porter in a household.

2. What type of gambling was most popular with costers?
(a) Betting on dog fights.
(b) Playing cards or pitching pennies.
(c) Betting on the horse races.
(d) Playing chess for money.

3. Who usually watched Jewish girls who peddled fruit?
(a) Their brothers.
(b) Their mothers.
(c) No one.
(d) Their boyfriends.

4. What did Mayhew say was the reason people from wealthier families became patterers?
(a) Wanderlust.
(b) Believing it was the way God called people to live.
(c) Being kicked out of their home.
(d) Rebellion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did some costermonger parents require their children to work?

2. What did most costermongers do with their children?

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

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

5. How did Mike manage to live?

(see the answer key)

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