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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives the famous "peanut butter speech?"
(a) Emmet P. Cudd.
(b) Archie Love.
(c) Wenda Gambling.
(d) Morris the Florist.

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

3. How long is it before the pushcart vendors know the truckers have declared war?
(a) Over a week.
(b) Over six months.
(c) Over a month.
(d) Over a year.

4. Who is the owner of the pushcart that is the first victim of the pushcart war?
(a) Mark the Pickle Seller.
(b) Morris the Florist.
(c) Albert P. Mack.
(d) Marvin Seely.

5. What does Wenda Gambling have to eat on the night after she gets stuck behind the truck?
(a) Dry oatmeal.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Oatmeal cookies.
(d) Peanut butter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is written on Eddie Moroney's pushcart?

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

3. Who has the idea to take up a collection to buy Morris a new pushcart?

4. What does Professor Lyman Cumberly say prompted the pushcart war?

5. How long has Morris the Florist been in business at the opening of the pushcart war?

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