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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What motivated the clown to continue working?

2. Who is the author of the section on Suppression of Vice and Crime?

3. To what may the discrepancy between the police estimate and Bishop Ryan's estimate be attributed?

4. What does Mayhew say about the education of street folk?

5. When did the magician's father die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Halliday say were swindlers?

2. How are the various ways to earn a living cataloged and what types of workers existed in England?

3. What was the purpose of the mission?

4. What was describe that was similar to modern crack houses, what were they like? What happened to the girl the author wrote about who was lured from home?

5. Who did Tuckniss call a prostitute?

6. How prevalent was theft, where did it often occur and how did a thief make money on stolen goods?

7. Who was the magician Mayhew interviewed and how did he become a magician?

8. What did conductors do and how did they get paid? What kind of person might become a conductor?

9. What was the difference between a conductor and other street people?

10. What kind of education did many of the street folk have, what types of families did many of them come from and how did many of them start out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One magician worked as an errand boy for four years until at 14 he began to sell oranges outside a theater. From there he went to selling beer inside the theater, to being an extra on stage, to acting at the age of 15. After the show closed, he worked as the doorkeeper until the owner mentioned an opening for a magician. With no knowledge, skill or experience, he volunteered for this position.

1. Discuss the strengths this magician would have had to have worked into the position of magician. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. In reading of this magician's life do you think perseverance or talent was more important? Why? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. In view of the versatility this magician demonstrated in his variety of jobs do you think it is possible Mayhew underestimated the will and intelligence of many of the London street people? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think is Mayhew's agenda for this book? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think Mayhew's research methods were valid? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. What do you think Mayhew could have done to produce a better book? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

The city of London used 3.5 million tons of coal each year and generated millions of tons of ash and soot. Dustmen were hired to haul off the ashes and dust, as well as haul away garbage and keep the streets clean.

1. Do you think London at this time might have been more polluted than modern cities? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss how you think the quality of the air in London in this era might have affected people's lives. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss, in depth, the ways in which a dustman's life and health would have been affected by the job. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

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