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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 did costermongers hope to do by dark everyday?`
(a) Sell enough merchandise to feed their family every night.
(b) Win big at gambling.
(c) Steal and fence enough goods for whiskey.
(d) They had no daily goals.

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

3. How are Irish families described by Mayhew?
(a) As drunken oafs.
(b) As sloe-eyed teetotalers.
(c) As filthy, diseased, lazy but grateful beggars.
(d) As the unfortunate recipients of unwarranted prejudice.

4. Who were the forerunners to doormen?
(a) Mudlarks.
(b) Crossing sweeps hired to open the door to an establishment.
(c) Costermongers.
(d) No job mentioned in this book.

5. Why did some young costers commit petty crimes?
(a) They were angry at the government.
(b) For a place to sleep and food to eat.
(c) To make a name for themselves.
(d) For the thrill of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one casual warder profiled?

2. Why did Mayhew say many costermongers lived in sin?

3. How long had the crossing week Mayhew interviewed work as a crossing sweep at the time of the interview?

4. What type of toiletry items were provided by some of the better lodging houses?

5. What does Mayhew say the Jewish traders seldom were?

(see the answer key)

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