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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does one man suggest Mr. Posey might be hiding in the pea packages?
(a) Diamonds .
(b) Tacks.
(c) Pins.
(d) Drugs.

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

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

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

6. How many one hundred-pound bags of peas does the chief of the Pea Tack Squad rip open at Posey's?
(a) A hundred.
(b) One.
(c) A dozen.
(d) Eighteen.

7. How does Mr. Posey usually have his peas delivered?
(a) By truck.
(b) By car.
(c) By Mighty Mammoth.
(d) By pushcart.

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 How many tacks are purchased the day after the tax is repealed?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

9. How long has Morris the Florist been in business at the opening of the pushcart war?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Forty-three years.
(c) Fourteen days.
(d) Four months.

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

11. What does Old Anna say the real menace is?
(a) Taxi cabs.
(b) Truckers.
(c) Plastic bags.
(d) Grocery stores.

12. 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.

13. 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.

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

15. How many tires does Frank the Flower really believe he has killed?
(a) Fourteen or Fifteen.
(b) Seventeen or Eighteen.
(c) Seven or Eight.
(d) Seventy or Eighty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the driver of the truck that hits the first truck of the pushcart war?

2. Who is ordered to search incoming trucks for shipments of peas?

3. What is the newspaper headline the day after Frank the Flower's arrest?

4. What is the Pea Tack Squad looking at when they discover Wenda Gambling's order for peas?

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

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