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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. On what did coster children often waste their money?
(a) Beer.
(b) Betting.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Cigarettes.

2. What is an example of a mutual aid society?
(a) Costermen.
(b) Old Relics.
(c) Foresters.
(d) Star Alliance.

3. What does Mayhew seem to believe about certain occupations?
(a) They are noble occupations.
(b) They are hereditary rather than learned.
(c) They are a great shame to perform.
(d) They are fit only for the most unworthy of men.

4. What kind of selling required the most capital and equipment?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Medicines.
(d) Food and beverage.

5. Who collected coal, small scraps of wood, lost coins and other junk from the deep, sucking, stinking mud?
(a) Mudworms.
(b) Mudlarks.
(c) Mudmen.
(d) No one; it was not worth collecting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what ailment did Mayhew say all skilled laborers suffered?

3. What kind of education did most costermongers have?

4. Who looked down upon chimney sweepers?

5. Where did a coster sleep if sales were bad?

(see the answer key)

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