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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the forerunners to doormen?
(a) Crossing sweeps hired to open the door to an establishment.
(b) No job mentioned in this book.
(c) Mudlarks.
(d) Costermongers.

2. What did a lodging manager do when a child brought in a stolen item for rent?
(a) Let the child stay for the night in exchange for the item.
(b) Called the constable.
(c) Gave the child a small fraction of its value and pawned it.
(d) Gave the child half of what it was worth.

3. Where did the dust men take the debris?
(a) They dumped it in the Thames.
(b) They piled it up in vacant buildings.
(c) They dumped it in huge piles.
(d) They took it to a huge dump outside the city.

4. What happened if a coster child didn't have the money to pay for lodging?
(a) They sold themselves to another renter.
(b) They hid under the bed.
(c) They ran up a bill.
(d) They were sent out to steal.

5. On what did coster children often waste their money?
(a) Betting.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing crossing sweeps did for tips?

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

3. What was a huckster who sold hardware at a fair called?

4. What did few adult Jews seldom work as?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who hired dustmen and how did they do their work?

2. What were some of the circumstances in the better lodging houses for the street people?

3. How much education did most costermongers have and what was the general extent of their intellectual abilities?

4. What modern institutions did Costermongers fill in the 1800's London and what are some of the merchandise they sold? What did the more intelligent costers do?

5. How did Jewish traders survive in London and how does Mayhew portray the Jewish traders?

6. How did patterers earn their living and what is an example of a story that demonstrated a patterer's skill?

7. Who normally held a crossing sweep position and how was that job viewed? How did the crossing sweep have to eat sometimes?

8. Describe the facilities that were opened between 1847 and 1849 that caused the chimney sweeps to wash more often.

9. What caused a class hierarchy in immigrants in London?

10. What was the usual marriage and family situations like with costermongers?

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