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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. When did the one homeless shelter open?

2. What did 307 poor people do for the first time?

3. How many prostitutes did Bishop Ryan estimate worked in London?

4. What did Hemyng say about the French woman?

5. To what does Hemyng say the theater, fireworks, low lodging houses, drinking, smoking, the music hall and blasphemy contribute?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the fire eater Mayhew interviewed become one and what was his early life like?

2. Who did Mayhew call street folk?

3. Why did the author say "Dolly shops" were suspect?

4. What was an ongoing problem for the company from conductors and how did the bus companies combat that problem?

5. What did the London City Mission do?

6. What was a casual ward?

7. How many visits were done by the London City Mission and what were the results of those visits?

8. What was pornography and why did it become illegal in London?

9. Why was the clown Mayhew interviewed depressed and why was he a clown?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Bolder boys sometimes climbed onto empty coal barges and swept up the leavings of the cargo. This was considered theft, and they were usually chased off by the owners. Sometimes one would be arrested and sent to jail for a week. Like coster children, they regarded a week in relatively warm, safe surroundings with regular meals as a vacation.

1. Do you think the sweepings of coal left behind should be considered theft? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss what the fact that some children regarded the jail as a vacation says about the coster children's lives. Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss ways in which you see coster children as being abused in general in this era in London. 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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