The Pushcart War Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Jean Merrill
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Pushcart War Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Jean Merrill
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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) Taxi cabs.
(b) Truckers.
(c) Plastic bags.
(d) Grocery stores.

2. What does the color gold signify on Maxie's man of the battle?
(a) A flat on a taxi or car.
(b) A flat on a big truck.
(c) A flat on a pushcart.
(d) A flat on a normal-sized truck.

3. Who does Maxie say has the record for the most hits?
(a) Harry the Hot Dog.
(b) Frank the Flower.
(c) Mr. Jerusalem.
(d) General Anna.

4. Who has the idea to take up a collection to buy Morris a new pushcart?
(a) Old Anna.
(b) Maxie Hammerman.
(c) Papa Peretz.
(d) Frank the Flower.

5. Why doesn't Morris the Florist ever go above Twenty-third Street?
(a) There is too much traffic.
(b) It's too far to walk.
(c) People there don't buy flowers .
(d) That's Frank the Flower's territory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the pushcart vendors hide their ammunition following Frank's arrest?

2. What kind of hat is being sold in the department store?

3. When does Joey Kafflis make entries into a diary?

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

5. How many of his 72 trucks is laid up on a single day, according to Big Moe?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the attitude of the pushcart vendors toward the tacks tax?

2. How does Old Anna come to be known as General Anna?

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

4. How does Mr. Posey's resistance to being closed by the Pea Tack Squad result in the discovery that the pushcart vendors are behind the flats?

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

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

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

8. What is the purpose of the map on the wall at Maxie Hammerman's?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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