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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "The Day the Traffic Stopped?"
(a) A book.
(b) A television program.
(c) A radio program.
(d) A theory.

2. How is Maxie Hammerman plotting the "battle?"
(a) With photos.
(b) With red marks on a map.
(c) With pea-pins stuck in a map.
(d) With police and newspaper reports.

3. What does Professor Lyman Cumberly say prompted the pushcart war?
(a) The heat.
(b) The number of trucks on the streets.
(c) Wenda Gambling's remark about the big trucks.
(d) Freddie the Florist's bad attitude.

4. How does Mr. Posey usually have his peas delivered?
(a) By pushcart.
(b) By car.
(c) By truck.
(d) By Mighty Mammoth.

5. What does the color red signify on Maxie's map of the battle?
(a) A flat on a pushcart.
(b) A flat on a big truck.
(c) A flat on a normal-sized truck.
(d) A flat on a taxi or car.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sections of the city report flats once they begin occurring again?

2. How many flats does Maxie say General Anna has caused?

3. What is the newspaper headline the day after Frank the Flower's arrest?

4. On what date does the Mayor order the Pea Blockade?

5. Who does Big Moe call to complain about the Police Commissioner?

(see the answer key)

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