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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Professor Lyman Cumberly say prompted the pushcart war?
(a) Wenda Gambling's remark about the big trucks.
(b) Freddie the Florist's bad attitude.
(c) The number of trucks on the streets.
(d) The heat.

2. How long has Morris the Florist been in business at the opening of the pushcart war?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Four months.
(c) Forty-three years.
(d) Fourteen days.

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

4. Where does the driver of the first pushcart destroyed in the war land?
(a) A pile of daffodils
(b) An alley
(c) A pickle barrel
(d) A truck

5. Who is the driver of the truck that hits the first truck of the pushcart war?
(a) Morris the Florist.
(b) Albert P. Mack.
(c) Mark the Pickle Seller.
(d) Marvin Seely.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Wenda Gambling say there is a traffic problem in New York?

4. Which of the following is not a member of "The Three?"

5. Where is Wenda Gambling headed when she gets caught up behind the truck?

(see the answer key)

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