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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 type of toiletry items were provided by some of the better lodging houses?
(a) Baht powder and shaving cream.
(b) Soap and razors.
(c) Laundry soap and wash boards.
(d) Towels and soap.

2. How long did he and his wife have to save to buy the camera?
(a) Two months.
(b) Five years.
(c) A year or two.
(d) Ten years.

3. What did patterers deliver to their potential customers?
(a) Monologues on how to do things.
(b) Short, pithy sales pitches.
(c) Long, creative sales pitches.
(d) Sermons on the sinfulness of life.

4. To whom did some merchants loan stock at no cost?
(a) Male costers who sold food.
(b) Female costers selling nearby.
(c) Male costers with families.
(d) Female costers who sold newspapers.

5. Why were chimney sweeper apprentices often starved?
(a) To control them.
(b) To save money.
(c) To keep them small.
(d) They were fed just like every other apprentice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a huckster who sold hardware at a fair called?

2. What did a lodging manager do when a child brought in a stolen item for rent?

3. Where was the convicted thief who was interviewed born?

4. What happened that people started bathing more often?

5. What did the casual ward provide?

(see the answer key)

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