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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 kind of selling required the most capital and equipment?
(a) Food and beverage.
(b) Medicines.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Weapons.

2. On what day of the week were regular customers allowed to stay free in some lodging houses?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Wednesday.

3. How many visits per day did each missionary make on average?
(a) 2.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

4. What had one crossing sweep worked at until he was injured at age 36?
(a) A painter.
(b) A ostler.
(c) A bricklayer.
(d) A carpenter.

5. For whom did the street clown work for before becoming a clown?
(a) The dockmaster.
(b) His father's employer.
(c) A gang of crossing sweeps.
(d) The constable as a watchboy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a lodging manager do when a child brought in a stolen item for rent?

2. How many were employed as domestic servants?

3. What did Mayhew say all blind musicians had in common?

4. What did a 19-year-old newspaper printer like?

5. What did Mayhew see as a moral defect?

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