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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many trucks have flats during the first few minutes of the attack?
(a) Seventy-nine.
(b) Ninety-seven.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Nineteen.

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

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

4. Who is the only person in New York who might know how many pushcarts there are in the city?
(a) Buddy Wiser.
(b) Maxie Hammerman.
(c) Morris the Florist.
(d) Frank the Flower.

5. Where is Wenda Gambling headed when she gets caught up behind the truck?
(a) Her cousin's.
(b) Her sister's.
(c) Her grandmother's.
(d) Her mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "The Day the Traffic Stopped?"

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

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

4. What does the color red signify on Maxie's map of the battle?

5. Behind what kind of truck does Wenda Gambling get stuck?

(see the answer key)

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