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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Joey Kifflis believe is the real reason for "the master plan?"
(a) To get more money for the truck drivers.
(b) There's no purpose.
(c) To make traffic flow better.
(d) To declare war on the pushcarts.

4. 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) Tax the tacks.
(d) Take their trucks off the road.

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

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

7. 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.

8. Behind what kind of truck does Wenda Gambling get stuck?
(a) A garbage truck.
(b) A moving truck.
(c) A gasoline truck.
(d) A flower truck.

9. What color are the pea shooters?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

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

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

12. When does Joey Kafflis make entries into a diary?
(a) Every morning.
(b) After work.
(c) During meetings.
(d) While he's stalled in traffic.

13. What is Big Moe's first explanation for the number of flats?
(a) That the other trucking companies are behind it.
(b) That the tires he bought were rotten.
(c) That the pushcart vendors are behind it.
(d) That the aliens are behind it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the fine that is imposed on anyone who leaves a truck parked for longer than an hour?

3. What is written on Eddie Moroney's pushcart?

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

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

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