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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sections of the city report flats once they begin occurring again?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Four.

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

3. How many flats does Maxie say General Anna has caused?
(a) Six.
(b) None.
(c) Forty.
(d) Fourteen.

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

5. Who do the Pea Tack Squad call to help gain entrance into Posey's Peas?
(a) The Police Department.
(b) The Neighborhood Watch.
(c) The Pushcart Vendors.
(d) The Fire Department.

6. Behind what kind of truck does Wenda Gambling get stuck?
(a) A garbage truck.
(b) A gasoline truck.
(c) A flower truck.
(d) A moving truck.

7. Why doesn't Morris the Florist ever go above Twenty-third Street?
(a) There is too much traffic.
(b) It's too far to walk.
(c) That's Frank the Flower's territory.
(d) People there don't buy flowers .

8. What is the name of the company where the peas were purchased?
(a) Wenda Gambling.
(b) The Black-Eyed Pea.
(c) Posey's Pea Company.
(d) The Pea Place.

9. Who does Maxie say has the record for the most hits?
(a) Mr. Jerusalem.
(b) Frank the Flower.
(c) Harry the Hot Dog.
(d) General Anna.

10. How many days pass after Frank's arrest without a flat?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Three days.
(d) Thirteen days.

11. What is one theory about how Frank could have caused all the flats?
(a) He could run very fast.
(b) He was a very good shot.
(c) He had a helicopter.
(d) He had a car .

12. How many Mighty Mammoths does the mayor use to blockage entrances into the city?
(a) Ninty-three.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty-Nine.
(d) Nine.

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

14. 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 the Museum of the City of New York.
(c) It was destroyed.
(d) It's in Buddy Wiser's office.

15. Who is the world's largest producer of tacks?
(a) England.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Teachers.
(d) The puchcart vendors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joey Kifflis believe is the real reason for "the master plan?"

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

3. How many trucks have flats during the first few minutes of the attack?

4. What does Mack believe to be the explanation behind the flats?

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

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