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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many one hundred-pound bags of peas does the chief of the Pea Tack Squad rip open at Posey's?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) A hundred.
(c) One.
(d) A dozen.

2. What does Eddie say the pushcart vendors would have done if Maxie had been kidnapped?
(a) Quit..
(b) Gone to the Police Commissioner.
(c) Gone to the newspapers.
(d) Fought harder.

3. Who is ordered to search incoming trucks for shipments of peas?
(a) The police.
(b) The pushcart vendors.
(c) The store owners.
(d) The truck drivers.

4. How many of his 72 trucks is laid up on a single day, according to Big Moe?
(a) 72.
(b) 70.
(c) 16.
(d) 36.

5. What does Big Moe tell his truck drivers to do if they see children hanging around their trucks?
(a) Run away.
(b) Search them.
(c) Find a policeman.
(d) Clobber them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Posey usually have his peas delivered?

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

3. How many tacks are purchased the day after the tax is repealed?

4. What do the Posey's use as weapons in their attempt to keep the Pea Tack Squad out?

5. What color are the pea shooters?

(see the answer key)

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