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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 newspaper headline the day after Frank the Flower's arrest?
(a) Police Commisioner Calls Frank a Crackpot.
(b) Bit Moe Sues Frank the Flower.
(c) Police Commissioner Believes Frank had Friends.
(d) Big Moe Calls Police Commissioner Big Dope.

2. What does Maxie say is the purpose of the red pins in the map?
(a) To mark when there was a very minor pushcart accident.
(b) To mark when hot dog vendors sold more than a dozen dogs.
(c) To mark when the trucks had a flat.
(d) To mark when the pushcarts have a good day.

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

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

5. What does Maxie tell the Police Commissioner he meant by the notation "By Hand" beside Anna's name?
(a) That Anna was to serve up lunch by hand.
(b) That Anna had caused her flats by hand.
(c) That Anna expected to be greeted with a wave.
(d) That Anna requires that he use only hand tools.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Maxie Hammerman plotting the "battle?"

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

3. What is one theory about how Frank could have caused all the flats?

4. Prior to the sale of the ton of peas to the pushcart vendors, what had been Mr. Posey's largest sale?

5. What does Maxie say is the purpose of the map of New York City that was found in his shop?

(see the answer key)

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