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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. Where is Wenda Gambling headed when she gets caught up behind the truck?
(a) Her grandmother's.
(b) Her cousin's.
(c) Her sister's.
(d) Her mother's.

2. Who do taxi drivers say is to blame for the heavy traffic in New York?
(a) The people who walk.
(b) The people who drive their private cars.
(c) The other taxis.
(d) The pushcarts.

3. What does Old Anna say the real menace is?
(a) Grocery stores.
(b) Truckers.
(c) Taxi cabs.
(d) Plastic bags.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Behind what kind of truck does Wenda Gambling get stuck?

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

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