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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2: Of the Street-Jews.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mayhew say the Jewish traders seldom were?
(a) Kind.
(b) Drinkers or gamblers.
(c) Generous.
(d) Penurious.

2. Who was Mike?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A footman.
(c) A chimney sweep.
(d) An orphan crossing sweep.

3. What did patterers deliver to their potential customers?
(a) Long, creative sales pitches.
(b) Sermons on the sinfulness of life.
(c) Monologues on how to do things.
(d) Short, pithy sales pitches.

4. Who often became chimney sweepers?
(a) The smallest member of a Costermonger family.
(b) The tallest member of a Costermonger family.
(c) Destitute orphans.
(d) Many young men since it paid very well.

5. Where did a coster sleep if sales were bad?
(a) In the homeless shelter.
(b) In the city parks.
(c) In the doorway of a shop or church.
(d) In the debtor's prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who usually watched Jewish girls who peddled fruit?

2. On what day of the week were regular customers allowed to stay free in some lodging houses?

3. What did the mutual aid societies do?

4. Why did some young costers commit petty crimes?

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

(see the answer key)

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