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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. What is one thing positive Mayhew says about crossing sweeps?
(a) They were cheerful.
(b) They were generally honest.
(c) They worked as hard as they were capable.
(d) They would attempt any job.

2. How were vendors categorized by Mayhew?
(a) Type of merchandise sold.
(b) By the class in which they were born.
(c) By how much money they made.
(d) By their place of business.

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

4. What group did the magician join to get away from home?
(a) The Circ Ole.
(b) The Londondarry Circus.
(c) The Greenwich Fair.
(d) The P.T. Barnum European Circus.

5. 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 beat up by less scrupulous workers.
(c) He would be given a job as footman or porter in a household.
(d) He would be hired by the city council to supervise other crossing sweeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the city of London use several tons of per year?

2. What did a lodging manager do when a child brought in a stolen item for rent?

3. What type of modern store did costermongers fill in 1800s London?

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

5. Who were most of the street folk Mayhew discussed?

(see the answer key)

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