The Pushcart War Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Jean Merrill
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Pushcart War Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who are the last motorists to become frightened of the trucks?
(a) The movie stars.
(b) The pushcart vendors.
(c) The taxi drivers.
(d) The pedestrians.

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

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

5. When the policeman asks Frank about the pea shooter, what is Frankie's explanation?
(a) That he won't answer the question.
(b) That it's a straw.
(c) That it's a pencil.
(d) That it's his son's pea shooter.

6. Who is the only person in New York who might know how many pushcarts there are in the city?
(a) Frank the Flower.
(b) Maxie Hammerman.
(c) Morris the Florist.
(d) Buddy Wiser.

7. What do the trucking company owners do when the casualties get too high?
(a) Take their trucks off the road.
(b) Tax the tacks.
(c) Buy more tires.
(d) Hire spotters to watch for pea shooters.

8. What is written on Eddie Moroney's pushcart?
(a) Coal & Ice, Home Delivered.
(b) Ice Cream, Home Delivery.
(c) Circus Posters, Home Delivery.
(d) Home Delivered Flowers.

9. How long has Morris the Florist been in business at the opening of the pushcart war?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Fourteen days.
(c) Forty-three years.
(d) Four months.

10. How do truck drivers get their perishable goods delivered if they have a flat?
(a) They hire school children.
(b) They carry it themselves.
(c) They hire pushcarts.
(d) They hire other trucking companies.

11. What is the newspaper headline the day after Frank the Flower's arrest?
(a) Big Moe Calls Police Commissioner Big Dope.
(b) Bit Moe Sues Frank the Flower.
(c) Police Commissioner Believes Frank had Friends.
(d) Police Commisioner Calls Frank a Crackpot.

12. What is it that makes the Police Commissioner think Frank is a crackpot?
(a) His hat.
(b) His name.
(c) His pushcart.
(d) His pea shooter.

13. What happens after the lady driver tells the cab driver "Well done" for hitting her car?
(a) He marries her.
(b) He tows her for repairs.
(c) He pays for her repairs.
(d) All the above.

14. Who does Big Moe call to complain about the Police Commissioner?
(a) Frank the Flower.
(b) Mayor Elmer P. Fudd.
(c) The other trucking company owners.
(d) Mayor Emmett P. Cudd.

15. What is the Pea Tack Squad looking at when they discover Wenda Gambling's order for peas?
(a) The canceled checks.
(b) The company ledgers.
(c) The bags of peas.
(d) The company's telephone records.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is it that gives away boxes of tacks to his customers?

2. Where does Mr. Posey sell most of his peas?

3. How many Mighty Mammoths does the mayor use to blockage entrances into the city?

4. How many peas and pins do the pushcart vendors decide they must buy?

5. What is on the truck that's involved in the first incident of the pushcart war?

(see the answer keys)

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