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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one theory about how Frank could have caused all the flats?
(a) He could run very fast.
(b) He had a helicopter.
(c) He had a car .
(d) He was a very good shot.

2. How many days pass after Frank's arrest without a flat?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Thirteen days.

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

4. When the children take up the war, at what kinds of tires do they shoot?
(a) Trucks and cars.
(b) All vehicles.
(c) Trucks, cars and bicycles.
(d) Only trucks.

5. Why does Wenda Gambling say there is a traffic problem in New York?
(a) There are too many taxis.
(b) There are too many big trucks.
(c) There are too many pedestrians.
(d) There are too many immovable objects.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Professor Lyman Cumberly say prompted the pushcart war?

2. What is Morris the Florist's pushcart number?

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

4. What is the newspaper headline the day after Frank the Flower's arrest?

5. What is on the truck that's involved in the first incident of the pushcart war?

(see the answer key)

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