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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many flats does Maxie say General Anna has caused?
(a) None.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Six.
(d) Forty.

3. Who does the Police Commissioner report to after his interview with Maxie Hammerman?
(a) That he doesn't know what to think.
(b) That he sees no reason to keep Maxie in jail.
(c) That he believes Maxie is lying.
(d) That Maxie will eventually break under the pressure.

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

5. Prior to the sale of the ton of peas to the pushcart vendors, what had been Mr. Posey's largest sale?
(a) Thirty pounds.
(b) Three tons.
(c) Three hundred pounds.
(d) Thirty tons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is ordered to search incoming trucks for shipments of peas?

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

3. What is "The Day the Traffic Stopped?"

4. Which of the following is not a member of "The Three?"

5. Why does Wenda Gambling say there is a traffic problem in New York?

(see the answer key)

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