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

2. Who is the driver of the truck that hits the first truck of the pushcart war?
(a) Albert P. Mack.
(b) Morris the Florist.
(c) Marvin Seely.
(d) Mark the Pickle Seller.

3. What does Joey Kifflis believe is the real reason for "the master plan?"
(a) To declare war on the pushcarts.
(b) To make traffic flow better.
(c) There's no purpose.
(d) To get more money for the truck drivers.

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

5. Who is it that gives away boxes of tacks to his customers?
(a) Harry Hot Dog.
(b) Mr. Jerusalem.
(c) General Anna.
(d) The Mayor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the newspaper headline the day after Frank the Flower's arrest?

2. Why doesn't Morris the Florist ever go above Twenty-third Street?

3. How long has Morris the Florist been in business at the opening of the pushcart war?

4. What is the word the citizens of New York use to protest the tacks tax?

5. What does Old Anna say the real menace is?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Wenda Gambling?

3. 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?

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. What is another name for the first incident of the pushcart war and why?

9. What is the attitude of people who find the trucks off the streets?

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

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