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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 does Old Anna say the real menace is?
(a) Grocery stores.
(b) Taxi cabs.
(c) Truckers.
(d) Plastic bags.

2. What is Morris the Florist's pushcart number?
(a) FLWR-10.
(b) X-RAY.
(c) BR-229.
(d) X-105.

3. When does Frank the Flower get arrested?
(a) The ninth day of the pea shooter campaign.
(b) In June.
(c) The day after Big Moe's first flat.
(d) The first day of the pea shooter campaign.

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

5. When the policeman asks Frank about the pea shooter, what is Frankie's explanation?
(a) That he won't answer the question.
(b) That it's a pencil.
(c) That it's a straw.
(d) That it's his son's pea shooter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the trucking company owners do when the casualties get too high?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the three sizes of trucks operated by Mammoth Moving Company?

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

4. What is it that makes the Police Commissioner think Frank is a crackpot?

5. Who comes up with the idea of how to fight the trucks?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What do the other pushcart vendors decide to do after Frank the Flower is arrested?

4. Why is Wenda Gambing included on the panel of traffic experts attempting to explain why the traffic had come to a complete standstill?

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

6. Describe the incident that begins the pushcart war.

7. 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.

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

9. Who is it that people believe to be the source of the traffic problem?

10. What is the pea blockade and who starts it?

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