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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. What did a publisher who Mayhew knew do for the boy who talked to Mayhew?
(a) Give him odd jobs occasionally.
(b) Sent him to America.
(c) Helped him get an apprenticeship.
(d) Adopted him.

2. What was a huckster who sold hardware at a fair called?
(a) A Hustler.
(b) A Penny Call.
(c) A Cheap Con.
(d) A Cheap Jack.

3. What did the two orphan girls whose story Mayhew told sell?
(a) Candy.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Flowers.

4. On what day of the week were regular customers allowed to stay free in some lodging houses?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Saturday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did not usually bother to wash up even before eating or sleeping?

2. When did the one homeless shelter open?

3. What did most costermongers do with their children?

4. What did one Jewish trader claim to have purchased?

5. What did the crossing sweep who Mayhew interviewed work at before finding an open intersection?

(see the answer key)

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