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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long does Old Anna say she has been selling her apples and pears?
(a) Forty-five years.
(b) Forty years.
(c) Fourteen years.
(d) Four years.

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

5. Why does Wenda Gambling say there is a traffic problem in New York?
(a) There are too many taxis.
(b) There are too many big trucks.
(c) There are too many immovable objects.
(d) There are too many pedestrians.

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. When does Joey Kafflis make entries into a diary?

3. What is it that makes the Police Commissioner think Frank is a crackpot?

4. Who does Maxie say has the record for the most hits?

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

(see the answer key)

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