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

2. How do truck drivers get their perishable goods delivered if they have a flat?
(a) They hire other trucking companies.
(b) They hire school children.
(c) They carry it themselves.
(d) They hire pushcarts.

3. What is the Pea Tack Squad looking at when they discover Wenda Gambling's order for peas?
(a) The company's telephone records.
(b) The company ledgers.
(c) The canceled checks.
(d) The bags of peas.

4. How many tires does Frank the Flower really believe he has killed?
(a) Seven or Eight.
(b) Seventeen or Eighteen.
(c) Fourteen or Fifteen.
(d) Seventy or Eighty.

5. Who is the only person in New York who might know how many pushcarts there are in the city?
(a) Buddy Wiser.
(b) Frank the Flower.
(c) Maxie Hammerman.
(d) Morris the Florist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a member of "The Three?"

2. How does Mr. Posey usually have his peas delivered?

3. What is the name of the company where the peas were purchased?

4. How many flats does Maxie say General Anna has caused?

5. Who do the Pea Tack Squad call to help gain entrance into Posey's Peas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Carlos come up with the idea of how to fight the trucks?

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

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

5. What is the attitude of the pushcart vendors with regard to the children taking up their war against the trucks?

6. Describe the incident that begins the pushcart war.

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

8. What happens to Wenda Gambling?

9. What is the condition of Posey's plant after the Pea Tack Squad comes in?

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

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