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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 3: Our Street Folk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mayhew say many costermongers lived in sin?
(a) They never attended church.
(b) They refused to acknowledge the crown.
(c) They stole merchandise.
(d) They were unmarried.

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

3. What was the name of the vaudeville show costers enjoyed?
(a) The Penny Gaff.
(b) The Bawdy Ball.
(c) The Punch and Judy show.
(d) The Street Theater.

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

5. What did the clown hide from his neighbors?
(a) The good money he makes.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His occupation.
(d) That he came from a very wealthy family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many children do about food in the worse lodging houses?

2. Who is one casual warder profiled?

3. What happened that people started bathing more often?

4. On what did coster children often waste their money?

5. Which group in London dominated wholesale trading?

(see the answer key)

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