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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 Old Anna say the real menace is?
(a) Taxi cabs.
(b) Truckers.
(c) Grocery stores.
(d) Plastic bags.

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

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

4. Why doesn't Morris the Florist ever go above Twenty-third Street?
(a) That's Frank the Flower's territory.
(b) There is too much traffic.
(c) It's too far to walk.
(d) People there don't buy flowers .

5. What is "The Day the Traffic Stopped?"
(a) A book.
(b) A television program.
(c) A theory.
(d) A radio program.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the last motorists to become frightened of the trucks?

2. What does Wenda Gambling have to eat on the night after she gets stuck behind the truck?

3. How long does it take Professor Cumberly to go five blocks in a taxi during a heavy traffic day?

4. What happened to the enlargement of Marvin Seely's picture of the first incident of the pushcart war?

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

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