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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used as darts for Frank's dartboard?
(a) Darts.
(b) Darning needles.
(c) Push pins.
(d) Pea tacks.

2. What is the title of the newspaper article that says the pushcart war is over?
(a) Pushcarts Win.
(b) The End of the Pushcart Era.
(c) Woe to the Pushcarts.
(d) The Death of the Pushcarts.

3. Why does Ms. Portlette not stay until the end of the meeting?
(a) Her pencil broke.
(b) She has run out of paper.
(c) She is tired of sitting.
(d) She has three more offices to map.

4. How much warning does Maxie Hammerman have that the Pea Tack Squad are going to raid his shop in search of pea pins?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) None.
(c) Two days.
(d) An hour.

5. Where is the recording of the interview between the Police Commissioner and Maxie Hammerman?
(a) Filed with the newspapers.
(b) The New York City Police Department.
(c) Destroyed.
(d) Maxie's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maxie say is the purpose of the red pins in the map?

2. What does General Anna say should be a condition of the peace?

3. What is the fifth clause of the peace treaty?

4. Where do the pushcarts usually gather on Bleecker Street?

5. What is written on General Anna's statue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maxie Hammerman say he won't give the shorthand notes on the meeting of The Three to the newspaper?

2. What does General Anna say to Maxie Hammerman when she sees the repairs done to her pushcart, and what is Maxie's reaction?

3. What is the reaction of the pushcart vendors after Maxie is arrested?

4. List at least four of the conditions of the peace treaty.

5. Why does Miriam Portlette take notes of the meeting of The Three?

6. What are the four demands made by the truckers in their manifesto?

7. Describe the meeting between the truck drivers and the pushcart vendors led by Harry Hot Dog and Mr. Jerusalem.

8. List two ways the movie of the pushcart war differed from the actual events.

9. What does Maxie Hammerman tell the pushcart vendors they must do now, and what is the significance of that order to Mr. Jerusalem?

10. What are some of the complaints posed by the letters to the editor?

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