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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the truck drivers threaten to do if the Mayor doesn't meet their demands?
(a) Declare war on the pushcarts.
(b) Declare war on the truck drivers.
(c) Stop delivering goods.
(d) Make the traffic congestion worse.

2. What does Eddie say the pushcart vendors would have done if Maxie had been kidnapped?
(a) Gone to the newspapers.
(b) Quit..
(c) Fought harder.
(d) Gone to the Police Commissioner.

3. Why does the Police Commissioner go to Mack's cell?
(a) He hears Mack's yelling from his office.
(b) He wants to see if Mack is ready to give up.
(c) He has complaints from Frank the Flower.
(d) He has complaints from the officers.

4. Who does the Police Commissioner report to after his interview with Maxie Hammerman?
(a) That Maxie will eventually break under the pressure.
(b) That he believes Maxie is lying.
(c) That he doesn't know what to think.
(d) That he sees no reason to keep Maxie in jail.

5. What does General Anna say should be a condition of the peace?
(a) That there be only taxis in the city.
(b) That there be no trucks in the city.
(c) That there be only trains in the city.
(d) That there be only big trucks in the city.

6. What is Mr. Jerusalem's plan called?
(a) The Peaceful Pushcarts.
(b) The Peach March.
(c) The Public March.
(d) Pretty Sneaky.

7. What does Maxie Hammerman buy for General Anna on the day of the Peace March?
(a) A gun.
(b) A new pushcart.
(c) A banner.
(d) A cartful of apples and pears.

8. Why does Ms. Portlette not stay until the end of the meeting?
(a) She has three more offices to map.
(b) She is tired of sitting.
(c) She has run out of paper.
(d) Her pencil broke.

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

10. Where is Mack's cell?
(a) Across the street from Frank the Flower.
(b) Right beside Frank the Flower.
(c) On the floor above Frank the Flower.
(d) Directly across from Frank the Flower.

11. What does Maxie say he's paying for with the check he writes to Big Moe?
(a) A sports car.
(b) A truck.
(c) A bullet-proof car.
(d) A pushcart.

12. How does General Anna get a message in to Maxie?
(a) Gives it to the police commissioner.
(b) Smuggles it in an apple.
(c) Smuggles it in a hot dog.
(d) Calls him.

13. What happens to make Mack lose control of his truck?
(a) A load of apples crashes into the windshield.
(b) General Anna screams.
(c) He dodges a pedestrian.
(d) A pushcart axle crashes into the windshield.

14. Why does Maxie Hammerman say the pushcart war was fought?
(a) So there would always be some pushcarts in the city.
(b) To make people see the truth about trucks.
(c) So the trucks would have to stop blocking traffic.
(d) To provide jobs for the pushcart vendors.

15. How many hands of poker does Eddie say Maxie played to win the $60,000?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) He doesn't say.
(d) Five .

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pushcarts are destroyed?

2. Where does Maxie say he plans to be when The Three come to his shop?

3. Who breaks Maxie Hammerman's radio?

4. Where is the statue of General Anna?

5. How do the pushcart vendors learn about the Mayor's decision regarding pushcarts?

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