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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did crossing sweeps do?
(a) Kept their assigned intersection clean.
(b) Swept the street in front of a gentleman or lady as they were crossing it.
(c) Went through the city cleaning all the public and church crosses.
(d) Swept the lantern cross pieces.

2. What did some of the bolder boys do?
(a) Collected the leavings out of the empty grain bins.
(b) Protected some of the more timid vendors.
(c) Ran errands to nobles who often would have them arrested.
(d) Took the leavings out of the empty coal barges.

3. 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) Adopted him.
(d) Helped him get an apprenticeship.

4. Which group in London dominated wholesale trading?
(a) Italian.
(b) Irish.
(c) Jewish.
(d) French.

5. Where did the dust men take the debris?
(a) They took it to a huge dump outside the city.
(b) They dumped it in the Thames.
(c) They piled it up in vacant buildings.
(d) They dumped it in huge piles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did most costermongers do with their children?

2. To whom did some merchants loan stock at no cost?

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

4. What happened to the man after he was injured?

5. What type of gambling was most popular with costers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the costermongers obtain their merchandise and what were the circumstances for borrowing?

2. What types of generalizations did Mayhew make about the London street people and how did this reflect Victorian thinking on industrialization?

3. What were the general appearance of chimney sweeps and who most often worked in this type of work and why did they?

4. How did crossing sweeps earn a living?

5. About how much coal was used in London in a year and who was responsible for cleaning the aftermath of coal use?

6. What were some of the circumstances in the better lodging houses for the street people?

7. Describe the facilities that were opened between 1847 and 1849 that caused the chimney sweeps to wash more often.

8. Who hired dustmen and how did they do their work?

9. Where did most costermongers and their families live

10. How did some youths work a crossing sweep job and what other ways did they make money?

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