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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 did the photographic man do before this job?
(a) Bouncer.
(b) Singer.
(c) Banjo player.
(d) Bar keeper.

2. What did most costermongers do with their children?
(a) Left the babies to the elements so they didn't have to keep them.
(b) Farmed them out.
(c) Did their best to support them.
(d) Sent them to orphanages.

3. Which group in London dominated wholesale trading?
(a) Jewish.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) Irish.

4. What was a job of last resort?
(a) Begging.
(b) Costermongers.
(c) Chimney sweeps.
(d) Crossing sweeps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long had the clown worked in that capacity?

2. Why did the puppeteer leave his former job to become a puppeteer?

3. What did the clown hide from his neighbors?

4. What did cab drivers sometimes do that was illegal?

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

(see the answer key)

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