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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives the famous "peanut butter speech?"
(a) Emmet P. Cudd.
(b) Morris the Florist.
(c) Archie Love.
(d) Wenda Gambling.

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

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

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

5. How long does Old Anna say she has been selling her apples and pears?
(a) Forty years.
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Forty-five years.

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

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

8. What is "The Day the Traffic Stopped?"
(a) A theory.
(b) A radio program.
(c) A book.
(d) A television program.

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

10. What does Wenda Gambling have to eat on the night after she gets stuck behind the truck?
(a) Oatmeal cookies.
(b) Peanut butter.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Dry oatmeal.

11. How is Maxie Hammerman plotting the "battle?"
(a) With photos.
(b) With red marks on a map.
(c) With pea-pins stuck in a map.
(d) With police and newspaper reports.

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

13. Who comes up with the idea of how to fight the trucks?
(a) Carlos.
(b) Eddie Maroney.
(c) Old Anna.
(d) Maxie Hammerman.

14. How long is it before the pushcart vendors know the truckers have declared war?
(a) Over a month.
(b) Over a week.
(c) Over a year.
(d) Over six months.

15. Who tells the Mayor that the tax has to be lifted?
(a) Teachers.
(b) The pushcart vendors.
(c) The President.
(d) Tacks manufacturers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many trucks have flats during the first few minutes of the attack?

4. What does the mayor initially propose to do to stop the pea shooters?

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

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