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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the enlargement of Marvin Seely's picture of the first incident of the pushcart war?
(a) It was used in court.
(b) It's in Buddy Wiser's office.
(c) It was destroyed.
(d) It's in the Museum of the City of New York.

2. What is on the truck that's involved in the first incident of the pushcart war?
(a) Ninety dozen donuts.
(b) Ninety dozen piano stools.
(c) Ninety bunches of daffodils.
(d) Nineteen hundred pickles.

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the three sizes of trucks operated by Mammoth Moving Company?
(a) Mighty Mammoths.
(b) Baby Mammoths.
(c) Mama Mammoths.
(d) Papa Mammoths.

4. When does Joey Kafflis make entries into a diary?
(a) While he's stalled in traffic.
(b) Every morning.
(c) During meetings.
(d) After work.

5. Who is the owner of the pushcart that is the first victim of the pushcart war?
(a) Morris the Florist.
(b) Mark the Pickle Seller.
(c) Marvin Seely.
(d) Albert P. Mack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person in New York who might know how many pushcarts there are in the city?

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

3. Who gives the famous "peanut butter speech?"

4. Where is Wenda Gambling headed when she gets caught up behind the truck?

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

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