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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. Who questions Frank the Flower once he's at the police station?
(a) The arresting officer.
(b) The Police Commissioner.
(c) A spotter for the trucking company.
(d) Maxie Hammanman.

2. Where had Wenda Gambling requested that the one ton of peas be delivered?
(a) Maxie Hammerman's shop.
(b) Wenda Gamblin's pea farm.
(c) Wenda Gambling's studio.
(d) Wenda Gamblin's apartment.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do taxi drivers say is to blame for the heavy traffic in New York?

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

3. What color are the pea shooters?

4. When the children take up the war, at what kinds of tires do they shoot?

5. What does Mack believe to be the explanation behind the flats?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. During the secret meeting of "The Three" big trucking companies, a man named Joey Kafflis makes a comment about the pushcarts. What is Joey's position on the pushcarts?

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

4. What is the attitude of the truckers who are doing business in New York during the weeks prior to the pushcart war?

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

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

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

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

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

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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