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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 1: Of the London Street-folk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did some merchants loan stock at no cost?
(a) Male costers with families.
(b) Female costers who sold newspapers.
(c) Male costers who sold food.
(d) Female costers selling nearby.

2. To what was street vending an alternative?
(a) Being sent to the military.
(b) Going to the workhouse.
(c) Being hung.
(d) Going to jail.

3. How were vendors categorized by Mayhew?
(a) By how much money they made.
(b) By the class in which they were born.
(c) By their place of business.
(d) Type of merchandise sold.

4. What type of gambling was most popular with costers?
(a) Playing chess for money.
(b) Playing cards or pitching pennies.
(c) Betting on dog fights.
(d) Betting on the horse races.

5. Where did costermongers usually live?
(a) In the city parks.
(b) In alms houses.
(c) Above their stores.
(d) In a rented room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of people earning their living on the streets were vendors?

2. Where did a coster sleep if sales were bad?

3. What type of toiletry items were provided by some of the better lodging houses?

4. What were the two usual reasons customers bought from patterers?

5. From what ailment did Mayhew say all skilled laborers suffered?

(see the answer key)

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