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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the world's largest producer of tacks?
(a) Teachers.
(b) England.
(c) The puchcart vendors.
(d) Vermont.

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

3. What does Maxie tell the Police Commissioner he meant by the notation "By Hand" beside Anna's name?
(a) That Anna had caused her flats by hand.
(b) That Anna requires that he use only hand tools.
(c) That Anna was to serve up lunch by hand.
(d) That Anna expected to be greeted with a wave.

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

5. What is the Pea Tack Squad looking at when they discover Wenda Gambling's order for peas?
(a) The bags of peas.
(b) The company ledgers.
(c) The canceled checks.
(d) The company's telephone records.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the pea shooters?

2. How many tacks are purchased the day after the tax is repealed?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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