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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Big Moe tell his truck drivers to do if they see children hanging around their trucks?
(a) Run away.
(b) Find a policeman.
(c) Search them.
(d) Clobber them.

2. Why doesn't Morris the Florist ever go above Twenty-third Street?
(a) It's too far to walk.
(b) That's Frank the Flower's territory.
(c) People there don't buy flowers .
(d) There is too much traffic.

3. What happens after the lady driver tells the cab driver "Well done" for hitting her car?
(a) All the above.
(b) He tows her for repairs.
(c) He pays for her repairs.
(d) He marries her.

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

5. How many of his 72 trucks is laid up on a single day, according to Big Moe?
(a) 70.
(b) 16.
(c) 36.
(d) 72.

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

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

8. What does the newspaper advertisement say about the hat?
(a) That there is a limited supply.
(b) That Wenda Gambling is wearing them.
(c) That it's a traffic stopper.
(d) That they're soon going to be sold out.

9. When the children take up the war, at what kinds of tires do they shoot?
(a) All vehicles.
(b) Trucks, cars and bicycles.
(c) Only trucks.
(d) Trucks and cars.

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

11. What is one theory about how Frank could have caused all the flats?
(a) He had a helicopter.
(b) He could run very fast.
(c) He had a car .
(d) He was a very good shot.

12. Who turns Frank the Flower in for shooting tires?
(a) The Police Commissioner.
(b) A spotter for a trucking company.
(c) The arresting officer.
(d) Maxie Hammerman.

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

14. How many tacks are purchased the day after the tax is repealed?
(a) Over 80 pounds.
(b) Over 800,000 dollars worth.
(c) Over 800,000 tacks.
(d) Over 800,000 pounds.

15. How many days pass after Frank's arrest without a flat?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Three days.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Thirteen days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wenda Gambling have to eat on the night after she gets stuck behind the truck?

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

3. What does Joey Kifflis believe is the real reason for "the master plan?"

4. Who tells the Mayor that the tax has to be lifted?

5. Who do the Pea Tack Squad call to help gain entrance into Posey's Peas?

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