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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 is "The Day the Traffic Stopped?"
(a) A radio program.
(b) A television program.
(c) A theory.
(d) A book.

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

3. How long is it before the pushcart vendors know the truckers have declared war?
(a) Over six months.
(b) Over a year.
(c) Over a week.
(d) Over a month.

4. What is written on Eddie Moroney's pushcart?
(a) Home Delivered Flowers.
(b) Circus Posters, Home Delivery.
(c) Ice Cream, Home Delivery.
(d) Coal & Ice, Home Delivered.

5. What is Morris the Florist's pushcart number?
(a) BR-229.
(b) X-105.
(c) FLWR-10.
(d) X-RAY.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Old Anna say she has been selling her apples and pears?

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

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

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

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

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