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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maxie say you must have in order to fight a war?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Ammunition.
(c) Peas.
(d) Money.

2. Where is Ms. Portlett taking shorthand classes?
(a) South Pacific High School.
(b) South Park High School.
(c) Streetsboro High School.
(d) Seward Park High School.

3. Who is Harold L. Kugelman?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) The Police Commissioner.
(c) The Pushcart King.
(d) Harry the Hot Dog.

4. What is the first point of the manifesto signed by the truck drivers of the city?
(a) That pushcart vendors be fined for the flats they caused.
(b) That all pushcart vendors be arrested.
(c) That the Mayor step down from his office.
(d) That Maxie Hammerman be arrested.

5. What does Maxie say is the purpose of the red pins in the map?
(a) To mark when hot dog vendors sold more than a dozen dogs.
(b) To mark when there was a very minor pushcart accident.
(c) To mark when the pushcarts have a good day.
(d) To mark when the trucks had a flat.

6. What does the second grade class of Public School 42 say they'll miss if the pushcarts aren't allowed to operate?
(a) Apples for their teacher.
(b) Cardboard boxes for their school supplies.
(c) Peanuts for the squirrels on their playground.
(d) Ice cream for themselves.

7. Why does the Police Commissioner say he cannot arrest all the pushcart vendors?
(a) The people would be angry.
(b) There aren't enough cells to house them.
(c) The truckers would go on strike.
(d) They will sue the city.

8. What is written on General Anna's statue?
(a) General Anna.
(b) The Pushcart Queen.
(c) By Hand.
(d) She Won the War.

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

10. How many divisions do the pushcart vendors form on the day of the peace march?
(a) Three.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Two .
(d) Fourteen.

11. Where does Ms. Portlette sit to take notes of the meeting?
(a) On the floor.
(b) At Big Moe's right.
(c) On a mop bucket .
(d) In a straight chair.

12. Who is driving the truck that encounters the division on Greene Street?
(a) Big Moe.
(b) Maxie Hammerman.
(c) Albert P. Mack.
(d) Louie Livergeen.

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

14. How many pushcarts are destroyed?
(a) About eighty.
(b) About eight.
(c) None.
(d) Forty-seven.

15. What does Buddy Wisser propose as a compromise to the number of trucks allowed in the city?
(a) The Truck/Pushcart Formula.
(b) The Big Truck/Little Truck Theory.
(c) The Flower Formula.
(d) The Truck Formula.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much warning does Maxie Hammerman have that the Pea Tack Squad are going to raid his shop in search of pea pins?

2. How long does it take for the truck tires to be repaired so that the trucks return to the streets?

3. Where is the recording of the interview between the Police Commissioner and Maxie Hammerman?

4. What time do the pushcart vendors assemble for the march?

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

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