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

2. What did cab drivers sometimes do that was illegal?
(a) Employed unlicensed cab drivers for a portion of the day.
(b) Started the meter on the way to pick someone up.
(c) Started the meter halfway through the trip and pocket the difference.
(d) Charged more than allowed by regulation.

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

4. How did many musician patterers support themselves?
(a) Selling sheet music.
(b) Singing for noble houses.
(c) Selling personalized songs.
(d) Making musical instruments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did dustmen do?

2. Why did some young costers commit petty crimes?

3. What did one of the young thieves who belonged to a gang tell Mayhew?

4. How are Irish families described by Mayhew?

5. What happened to many coster children if their parents thought they did not bring enough money home at night?

(see the answer key)

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