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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the pea shooters?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Why does Wenda Gambling say there is a traffic problem in New York?
(a) There are too many taxis.
(b) There are too many immovable objects.
(c) There are too many big trucks.
(d) There are too many pedestrians.

6. Who is it that gives away boxes of tacks to his customers?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) Mr. Jerusalem.
(c) Harry Hot Dog.
(d) General Anna.

7. How long does it take Professor Cumberly to go five blocks in a taxi during a heavy traffic day?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) Five hours.
(c) Forty minutes.
(d) Four hours.

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

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

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

11. Which of the following is NOT one of the three sizes of trucks operated by Mammoth Moving Company?
(a) Mighty Mammoths.
(b) Baby Mammoths.
(c) Mama Mammoths.
(d) Papa Mammoths.

12. When does Frank the Flower get arrested?
(a) In June.
(b) The first day of the pea shooter campaign.
(c) The ninth day of the pea shooter campaign.
(d) The day after Big Moe's first flat.

13. On what date does the Mayor order the Pea Blockade?
(a) May 22.
(b) May 4.
(c) May 17.
(d) May 11.

14. How many trucks have flats during the first few minutes of the attack?
(a) Seventy-nine.
(b) Ninety-seven.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Nineteen.

15. Prior to the sale of the ton of peas to the pushcart vendors, what had been Mr. Posey's largest sale?
(a) Thirty tons.
(b) Three hundred pounds.
(c) Three tons.
(d) Thirty pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the truck driver call Mr. Jerusalem's pushcart?

2. When the children take up the war, at what kinds of tires do they shoot?

3. How many flats does Maxie say General Anna has caused?

4. Who questions Frank the Flower once he's at the police station?

5. What does the color red signify on Maxie's map of the battle?

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