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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. Who worked for very low wages in the hopes of finding something to sell?
(a) Beaters.
(b) Sorters.
(c) Sifters.
(d) Cleaners.

2. What have many tried to do according to the narrator?
(a) To catalogue all the various ways to earn a living.
(b) Justify their criminal behavior.
(c) Stay honest even when starving.
(d) Do nothing.

3. What did the children who were put in jail think of the experience?
(a) They saw it as a vacation.
(b) They were ashamed.
(c) They were proud of themselves.
(d) They usually were beat at home when they got out of jail.

4. What did Ragmen do?
(a) Wandered the streets buying used clothing.
(b) Play various instruments on street corners.
(c) Washed windows with rags.
(d) Washed carriages with rags.

5. To what was street vending an alternative?
(a) Going to jail.
(b) Going to the workhouse.
(c) Being sent to the military.
(d) Being hung.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mayhew say all blind musicians had in common?

2. What did the clown hide from his neighbors?

3. What type of freedom did costers enjoy that other workers did not?

4. With whom does Mike live with after he is an orphan?

5. How did Mike manage to live?

(see the answer key)

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