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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the color red signify on Maxie's map of the battle?
(a) A flat on a taxi or car.
(b) A flat on a pushcart.
(c) A flat on a normal-sized truck.
(d) A flat on a big truck.

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

5. Who comes up with the idea of how to fight the trucks?
(a) Old Anna.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Eddie Maroney.
(d) Maxie Hammerman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Morris the Florist been in business at the opening of the pushcart war?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the three sizes of trucks operated by Mammoth Moving Company?

3. How is Maxie Hammerman plotting the "battle?"

4. What does the truck driver call Mr. Jerusalem's pushcart?

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

(see the answer key)

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