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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of his 72 trucks is laid up on a single day, according to Big Moe?
(a) 36.
(b) 72.
(c) 70.
(d) 16.

2. What is the fine that is imposed on anyone who leaves a truck parked for longer than an hour?
(a) $500.
(b) There is no fine.
(c) $50.
(d) $100.

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

4. How many tires does Frank the Flower really believe he has killed?
(a) Fourteen or Fifteen.
(b) Seven or Eight.
(c) Seventeen or Eighteen.
(d) Seventy or Eighty.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the driver of the truck that hits the first truck of the pushcart war?

3. Who do taxi drivers say is to blame for the heavy traffic in New York?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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