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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. What does Joey Kifflis believe is the real reason for "the master plan?"
(a) To make traffic flow better.
(b) To declare war on the pushcarts.
(c) There's no purpose.
(d) To get more money for the truck drivers.

2. How long does it take Professor Cumberly to go five blocks in a taxi during a heavy traffic day?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Forty minutes.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) Five hours.

3. What is the name of Professor Lyman Cumberly's explanation for the attitude of the truck drivers of New York City?
(a) The Huge Item Theory of Ancient Greece.
(b) The Mammoth Movers Theory of Traffic.
(c) The Big Truck Theory of Relativity.
(d) The Large Object Theory of History.

4. Who are the last motorists to become frightened of the trucks?
(a) The taxi drivers.
(b) The movie stars.
(c) The pedestrians.
(d) The pushcart vendors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Old Anna say the real menace is?

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

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

4. Who do taxi drivers say is to blame for the heavy traffic in New York?

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

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