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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the driver of the first pushcart destroyed in the war land?
(a) A truck
(b) A pile of daffodils
(c) A pickle barrel
(d) An alley

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

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

4. Where does Mr. Posey sell most of his peas?
(a) Pushcart vendors.
(b) Housewives.
(c) Big packaging companies.
(d) Restaurants.

5. Who is causing the next round of truck flats?
(a) Children.
(b) All the pushcart vendors.
(c) General Anna.
(d) Harry the Hot Dog.

6. Who has the idea to take up a collection to buy Morris a new pushcart?
(a) Papa Peretz.
(b) Old Anna.
(c) Frank the Flower.
(d) Maxie Hammerman.

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

8. Which of the following is not a member of "The Three?"
(a) Walter Sweet.
(b) Joe Lilly.
(c) Moe Mammoth.
(d) Louie Livergreen.

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

10. Where is Wenda Gambling headed when she gets caught up behind the truck?
(a) Her grandmother's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) Her sister's.
(d) Her cousin's.

11. What name is given to the clubs that begin shooting tires?
(a) Pea Shooter Clubs.
(b) Frank the Flower Clubs.
(c) Pea Pin Clubs.
(d) Tire Shooter Clubs.

12. Who is the driver of the truck that hits the first truck of the pushcart war?
(a) Mark the Pickle Seller.
(b) Morris the Florist.
(c) Marvin Seely.
(d) Albert P. Mack.

13. How many tires does Frank the Flower really believe he has killed?
(a) Seventeen or Eighteen.
(b) Fourteen or Fifteen.
(c) Seven or Eight.
(d) Seventy or Eighty.

14. Where do the pushcart vendors hide their ammunition following Frank's arrest?
(a) Mr. Jerusalem's pushcart.
(b) Big Moe's warehouse.
(c) Maxie Hammerman's basement.
(d) General Anna's apartment.

15. Who do taxi drivers say is to blame for the heavy traffic in New York?
(a) The pushcarts.
(b) The people who drive their private cars.
(c) The people who walk.
(d) The other taxis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Old Anna say she has been selling her apples and pears?

3. Who are the last motorists to become frightened of the trucks?

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

5. Why doesn't Morris the Florist ever go above Twenty-third Street?

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