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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. How much did the fire eater earn?
(a) 1 shilling a night.
(b) 1 pound a night.
(c) 10 shillings a night.
(d) 4-6 shillings per night.

2. Where did the dust men take the debris?
(a) They dumped it in huge piles.
(b) They took it to a huge dump outside the city.
(c) They dumped it in the Thames.
(d) They piled it up in vacant buildings.

3. Who often undersold Jewish traders?
(a) British traders.
(b) Irish traders.
(c) German traders.
(d) No one.

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

5. What percentage of costermongers did not own their stock?
(a) Fifty percent.
(b) Thirty percent.
(c) Seventy-five percent.
(d) Ninety percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who often became chimney sweepers?

2. How did coster runaway children usually support themselves?

3. What is an example of a mutual aid society?

4. What would very occasionally happen to a dependable crossing sweep?

5. What did most costermongers do with their children?

(see the answer key)

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