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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Frank the Flower get arrested?
(a) The day after Big Moe's first flat.
(b) The first day of the pea shooter campaign.
(c) In June.
(d) The ninth day of the pea shooter campaign.

2. How long has Morris the Florist been in business at the opening of the pushcart war?
(a) Forty-three years.
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Four months.
(d) Fourteen days.

3. When the policeman asks Frank about the pea shooter, what is Frankie's explanation?
(a) That it's a pencil.
(b) That it's his son's pea shooter.
(c) That he won't answer the question.
(d) That it's a straw.

4. Who has the idea to take up a collection to buy Morris a new pushcart?
(a) Papa Peretz.
(b) Maxie Hammerman.
(c) Old Anna.
(d) Frank the Flower.

5. How many tires does Frank the Flower really believe he has killed?
(a) Fourteen or Fifteen.
(b) Seven or Eight.
(c) Seventeen or Eighteen.
(d) Seventy or Eighty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Professor Lyman Cumberly's explanation for the attitude of the truck drivers of New York City?

2. What does the color red signify on Maxie's map of the battle?

3. How long does Old Anna say she has been selling her apples and pears?

4. What does Joey Kifflis believe is the real reason for "the master plan?"

5. Why doesn't Morris the Florist ever go above Twenty-third Street?

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