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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 3: Our Street Folk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mayhew say about the photographer's business?
(a) He was the most honest photographer in the district.
(b) He was a lousy businessman, often giving free pictures to the children.
(c) Most of it was a scam.
(d) He was an excellent photographer.

2. What was the most common tasks for which costers used math?
(a) Figuring the weights and measurements of their instruments.
(b) Most costers did not know how to do math.
(c) Figuring their profits.
(d) Betting on the horse races.

3. What happened if a coster child didn't have the money to pay for lodging?
(a) They hid under the bed.
(b) They sold themselves to another renter.
(c) They were sent out to steal.
(d) They ran up a bill.

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

5. What did some of the boys do to earn tips while serving as crossing sweeps?
(a) Help a chimney sweep take his equipment up on the roof.
(b) Run alongside buses and entertain the passengers.
(c) Hang out wash.
(d) Saddle horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the photographic man do before this job?

2. Why did some of these low-end workers go into the business?

3. What did dustmen do?

4. How much did the fire eater earn?

5. What did the children who were put in jail think of the experience?

(see the answer key)

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