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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 4: Those That Will Not Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what field did many performers get their start?
(a) Tap dancing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Mime.
(d) Collecting tips for experienced performers.

2. Who collected coal, small scraps of wood, lost coins and other junk from the deep, sucking, stinking mud?
(a) Mudworms.
(b) No one; it was not worth collecting.
(c) Mudlarks.
(d) Mudmen.

3. On the average, how many tracts did each person accept when they were being handed out?
(a) 1 or 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) None.

4. Why did some costermonger parents require their children to work?
(a) To make the parents' life easier.
(b) To keep them out of the army.
(c) To build their character.
(d) To contribute to family income.

5. Who is one casual warder profiled?
(a) A young boy.
(b) A black woman whose parents had been slaves in America.
(c) A mixed race teenaged girl.
(d) An Indian man.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did the street clown work for before becoming a clown?

2. What did the mother of the magician do to the family library?

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

4. What seemed to be part of the motivation for a street person to perform?

5. What does Mayhew say humans must do?

(see the answer key)

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