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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Old Anna say she has been selling her apples and pears?
(a) Four years.
(b) Forty-five years.
(c) Fourteen years.
(d) Forty years.

2. What is the purpose of the spotters who ride on the hoods of some trucks?
(a) They are watching for pea pins falling from the sky.
(b) They are watching for other trucks.
(c) They are watching for pushcart vendors.
(d) They are watching for pea pins in the guttters.

3. What does Mack believe to be the explanation behind the flats?
(a) Aliens caused it.
(b) The other trucking companies caused it.
(c) There was bad rubber.
(d) The pushcart vendors caused it.

4. How does Carlos present his idea to the rest of the pushcart vendors?
(a) He gives a demonstration.
(b) Maxie Hammerman translates for him.
(c) He writes it down.
(d) He just tells them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the policeman asks Frank about the pea shooter, what is Frankie's explanation?

2. Where do the pushcart vendors hide their ammunition following Frank's arrest?

3. How many trucks have flats during the first few minutes of the attack?

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

5. What is the name of Professor Lyman Cumberly's explanation for the attitude of the truck drivers of New York City?

(see the answer key)

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