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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. When the children take up the war, at what kinds of tires do they shoot?
(a) Trucks and cars.
(b) Trucks, cars and bicycles.
(c) Only trucks.
(d) All vehicles.

2. How many flats does Maxie say General Anna has caused?
(a) None.
(b) Six.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Forty.

3. Who buys the pins and peas for the pushcart vendors?
(a) Big Moe.
(b) Wenda Gambling.
(c) General Anna.
(d) The Mayor.

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

5. What does the color red signify on Maxie's map 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does the Mayor order the Pea Blockade?

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

3. What does Big Moe tell his truck drivers to do if they see children hanging around their trucks?

4. What does the color gold signify on Maxie's man of the battle?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. What does the Pea Tack Squad tell the packaging companies to convince them that they should shut down?

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

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

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

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

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

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