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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is not a member of "The Three?"
(a) Moe Mammoth.
(b) Walter Sweet.
(c) Joe Lilly.
(d) Louie Livergreen.

4. How many sections of the city report flats once they begin occurring again?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Thirteen.

5. What does Joey Kifflis believe is the real reason for "the master plan?"
(a) To declare war on the pushcarts.
(b) To get more money for the truck drivers.
(c) To make traffic flow better.
(d) There's no purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does the Mayor order the Pea Blockade?

2. Prior to the sale of the ton of peas to the pushcart vendors, what had been Mr. Posey's largest sale?

3. What is "The Day the Traffic Stopped?"

4. Why does Wenda Gambling say there is a traffic problem in New York?

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

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