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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. At about what age did many costermonger children begin to sell?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

2. What did Mayhew say was the reason people from wealthier families became patterers?
(a) Believing it was the way God called people to live.
(b) Being kicked out of their home.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Wanderlust.

3. What had one crossing sweep worked at until he was injured at age 36?
(a) A ostler.
(b) A painter.
(c) A bricklayer.
(d) A carpenter.

4. What kind of low lodging house segregated the renters by sex?
(a) All of the lodging houses did this.
(b) The ones that were also brothels.
(c) Only the one run by the government.
(d) The best of the lodging houses.

5. Who is the author of the section on Suppression of Vice and Crime?
(a) Rev. William Tuckniss, B.A.
(b) Professor John Dreyfuss.
(c) Father Joseph McDougal.
(d) Mayhew.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the fire eater earn?

2. Who often became chimney sweepers?

3. How did Mayhew term the young men between 12 and 20 years old who had no job and loitered in the streets?

4. What happened if a coster child didn't have the money to pay for lodging?

5. Who usually watched Jewish girls who peddled fruit?

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