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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Maxie Hammerman plotting the "battle?"
(a) With red marks on a map.
(b) With photos.
(c) With pea-pins stuck in a map.
(d) With police and newspaper reports.

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

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

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

5. How many trucks have flats during the first few minutes of the attack?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Ninety-seven.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Seventy-nine.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the driver of the truck that hits the first truck of the pushcart war?

4. How does Carlos present his idea to the rest of the pushcart vendors?

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

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