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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Big Moe tell his truck drivers to do if they see children hanging around their trucks?
(a) Run away.
(b) Search them.
(c) Clobber them.
(d) Find a policeman.

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

3. What does the color gold signify on Maxie's man of the battle?
(a) A flat on a big truck.
(b) A flat on a taxi or car.
(c) A flat on a pushcart.
(d) A flat on a normal-sized truck.

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

5. Who does Maxie say has the record for the most hits?
(a) Harry the Hot Dog.
(b) General Anna.
(c) Mr. Jerusalem.
(d) Frank the Flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes up with the idea of how to fight the trucks?

2. What is the fine that is imposed on anyone who leaves a truck parked for longer than an hour?

3. Who gives the famous "peanut butter speech?"

4. What is Big Moe's first explanation for the number of flats?

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

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