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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) An alley
(c) A pickle barrel
(d) A pile of daffodils

2. What does Professor Lyman Cumberly say prompted the pushcart war?
(a) The number of trucks on the streets.
(b) Freddie the Florist's bad attitude.
(c) Wenda Gambling's remark about the big trucks.
(d) The heat.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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) Thirty pounds.
(c) Three hundred pounds.
(d) Three tons.

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

10. How many Mighty Mammoths does the mayor use to blockage entrances into the city?
(a) Twenty-Nine.
(b) Nine.
(c) Ninty-three.
(d) Nineteen.

11. What kind of hat is being sold in the department store?
(a) $29.95.
(b) $49.95.
(c) $19.95.
(d) $39.95.

12. How does Carlos present his idea to the rest of the pushcart vendors?
(a) Maxie Hammerman translates for him.
(b) He writes it down.
(c) He gives a demonstration.
(d) He just tells them.

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

14. 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.

15. Who questions Frank the Flower once he's at the police station?
(a) Maxie Hammanman.
(b) The Police Commissioner.
(c) The arresting officer.
(d) A spotter for the trucking company.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Joey Kafflis make entries into a diary?

2. What happens after the lady driver tells the cab driver "Well done" for hitting her car?

3. On what date does the Mayor order the Pea Blockade?

4. Who does Maxie say has the record for the most hits?

5. Who is causing the next round of truck flats?

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