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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. Behind what kind of truck does Wenda Gambling get stuck?
(a) A garbage truck.
(b) A moving truck.
(c) A gasoline truck.
(d) A flower truck.

2. Who do taxi drivers say is to blame for the heavy traffic in New York?
(a) The people who walk.
(b) The pushcarts.
(c) The people who drive their private cars.
(d) The other taxis.

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

4. What happened to the enlargement of Marvin Seely's picture of the first incident of the pushcart war?
(a) It's in Buddy Wiser's office.
(b) It was destroyed.
(c) It's in the Museum of the City of New York.
(d) It was used in court.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long is it before the pushcart vendors know the truckers have declared war?

3. Who is the driver of the truck that hits the first truck of the pushcart war?

4. Where does the driver of the first pushcart destroyed in the war land?

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

(see the answer key)

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