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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 4: Those That Will Not Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of freedom did costers enjoy that other workers did not?
(a) Being able to put money away for retirement.
(b) Being their own boss and not being stuck indoors.
(c) Being able to work when they wanted to work.
(d) Not having to pay taxes.

2. What did the crossing sweep who Mayhew interviewed work at before finding an open intersection?
(a) Shining lanterns.
(b) Selling newspapers.
(c) Selling matches.
(d) Nothing.

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

4. What is one thing positive Mayhew says about crossing sweeps?
(a) They would attempt any job.
(b) They worked as hard as they were capable.
(c) They were cheerful.
(d) They were generally honest.

5. What kind of low lodging house segregated the renters by sex?
(a) The best of the lodging houses.
(b) Only the one run by the government.
(c) All of the lodging houses did this.
(d) The ones that were also brothels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What puppeteer did Mayhew interview?

2. Who in Mike's family eventually emigrated to America?

3. Where did the street people of London in the 1800s conduct their trade?

4. How many men were employed in Great Britain at the time of the writing of this book?

5. What must someone who is physically or mentally unable to work do?

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