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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has General Anna discovered about her ability to aim?
(a) She hasn't tried.
(b) She misses about half.
(c) She can't aim at all.
(d) She aims better than anyone.

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

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

5. What does the truck driver call Mr. Jerusalem's pushcart?
(a) An ugly contraption.
(b) A pile of junk.
(c) A baby buggy.
(d) Unsanitary.

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

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

8. Who does Maxie say has the record for the most hits?
(a) Frank the Flower.
(b) Harry the Hot Dog.
(c) General Anna.
(d) Mr. Jerusalem.

9. What does the mayor initially propose to do to stop the pea shooters?
(a) Tax tacks for anyone over ten.
(b) Tax tacks for pushcart vendors.
(c) Tax tacks for crackpots.
(d) Tax tacks for anyone under 21.

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

11. How many sections of the city report flats once they begin occurring again?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

12. What is the name of Professor Lyman Cumberly's explanation for the attitude of the truck drivers of New York City?
(a) The Large Object Theory of History.
(b) The Big Truck Theory of Relativity.
(c) The Huge Item Theory of Ancient Greece.
(d) The Mammoth Movers Theory of Traffic.

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

14. What do the Posey's use as weapons in their attempt to keep the Pea Tack Squad out?
(a) Pea shooters.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Locks.
(d) Sacks of peas.

15. Who is the owner of the pushcart that is the first victim of the pushcart war?
(a) Marvin Seely.
(b) Morris the Florist.
(c) Mark the Pickle Seller.
(d) Albert P. Mack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does one man suggest Mr. Posey might be hiding in the pea packages?

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

4. Where had Wenda Gambling requested that the one ton of peas be delivered?

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

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