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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who breaks Maxie Hammerman's radio?
(a) Albert P. Mack.
(b) General Anna.
(c) Maxie Hammerman.
(d) Mr. Jerusalem.

2. What is the name of the girl who says she now wants to be a Pushcart Queen?
(a) Melissa Cudd.
(b) Mary Margaret.
(c) Alicia Hammerman.
(d) Alice Myles.

3. What is Papa Peretz doing at 10:05?
(a) Walting with a customer.
(b) Selling hot dogs.
(c) Selling pretzels.
(d) Setlling flowers.

4. What is the public property destruction the Mayor mentions?
(a) The diner.
(b) The pushcarts.
(c) Mack's load of goods.
(d) The fire hydrant.

5. Where does Buddy Wisser come up with his proposal?
(a) From General Anna.
(b) From Wenda Gambling.
(c) From Frank the Flower.
(d) From Big Moe.

6. How much warning does Maxie Hammerman have that the Pea Tack Squad are going to raid his shop in search of pea pins?
(a) None.
(b) An hour.
(c) Thirty minutes.
(d) Two days.

7. Who does Wenda Gambling marry?
(a) Emmet P. Cudd.
(b) Maxie Hammerman.
(c) Joey Kafflis.
(d) Albert P. Mack.

8. Who attends the meeting called by The Three following the poker game at Maxie Hammerman's?
(a) The Three and the Mayor.
(b) All the truck drivers.
(c) All the pushcart vendors.
(d) The Three and the Police Commissioner.

9. What is the fifth clause of the peace treaty?
(a) That the Police Commissioner step down.
(b) That Mayor Cudd step down.
(c) That Albert Mack be sent to jail.
(d) That Frank the Flower be released from jail.

10. Who built General Anna's pushcart?
(a) Maxie's father.
(b) Eddie Maroney.
(c) Maxie.
(d) Harry the Hot Dog.

11. What plot is the result of a meeting by The Three.
(a) To bribe kids to stop causing tires.
(b) To use tougher tires.
(c) To kidnap Maxie Hammerman.
(d) To tear up pushcarts.

12. What does Larry Gilbert, age 8, say he'll miss if the pushcarts aren't allowed to operate?
(a) Hot dogs to feed his puppy.
(b) Pretzels to feed the ducks.
(c) Ice cream to feed your his sister.
(d) Peanuts to feed the squirrels.

13. What does Maxie Hammerman use to write the words "war chest" on the side of his tool box?
(a) Blue paint.
(b) Red paint.
(c) Yellow paint.
(d) Axle grease.

14. What does the Police Commissioner say will happen to anyone who breaks the truce?
(a) They'll have their license taken away.
(b) They'll be banned from the city.
(c) They'll be arrested.
(d) They'll have their pushcart smashed.

15. What does the Police Commissioner advise the Mayor to do?
(a) Arrest all the truck drivers.
(b) Declare a war.
(c) Declare a truce.
(d) Arrest The Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maxie hauling on the day of the peace march?

2. Where does Mack first stop his truck?

3. What is the date when Big Moe calls the Mayor with the news that he'll settle with the pushcarts?

4. What is the first point of the manifesto signed by the truck drivers of the city?

5. What role does General Anna say she wants to play in the plan proposed by Mr. Jerusalem?

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