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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Big Moe call to complain about the Police Commissioner?
(a) Frank the Flower.
(b) Mayor Elmer P. Fudd.
(c) The other trucking company owners.
(d) Mayor Emmett P. Cudd.

2. When the policeman asks Frank about the pea shooter, what is Frankie's explanation?
(a) That it's a pencil.
(b) That he won't answer the question.
(c) That it's a straw.
(d) That it's his son's pea shooter.

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

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

5. What color are the pea shooters?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Big Moe tell his truck drivers to do if they see children hanging around their trucks?

2. Who is the owner of the pushcart that is the first victim of the pushcart war?

3. Who is causing the next round of truck flats?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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