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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Posey's use as weapons in their attempt to keep the Pea Tack Squad out?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Sacks of peas.
(c) Locks.
(d) Pea shooters.

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

3. How long does it take Professor Cumberly to go five blocks in a taxi during a heavy traffic day?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Five hours.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) Forty minutes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who turns Frank the Flower in for shooting tires?

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

3. Who are hardest hit by the tacks tax?

4. What is "The Day the Traffic Stopped?"

5. Prior to the sale of the ton of peas to the pushcart vendors, what had been Mr. Posey's largest sale?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Big Moe's argument that Frank the Flower can't be responsible for all the flats?

2. How does England get drawn into the battle regarding the tax on tacks?

3. There is a free newspaper that reports that pushcarts are "unsanitary." What other things has this same reporter called unsanitary and why does he make these statements.

4. How does Mr. Jerusalem become involved in the war?

5. What is the reaction of people who see a truck with a flat?

6. What is the tactic being used by General Anna to cause flats and why?

7. What do the terms "Don't be a truck" and "You're a crackpot" come to mean after the arrest of Frank the Flower?

8. Who shot a woman with a pea pin and why?

9. Give a basic overview of the "peanut butter speech."

10. Big Moe talks about the fear that the women will become involved in the situation. Why does Big Moe believe women will become involved and what does he say will be the outcome if they do?

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