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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 General Anna say should be a condition of the peace?
(a) That there be only trains in the city.
(b) That there be only taxis in the city.
(c) That there be no trucks in the city.
(d) That there be only big trucks in the city.

2. What does Eddie say the pushcart vendors would have done if Maxie had been kidnapped?
(a) Quit..
(b) Gone to the newspapers.
(c) Gone to the Police Commissioner.
(d) Fought harder.

3. What does Maxie tell the Police Commissioner he meant by the notation "By Hand" beside Anna's name?
(a) That Anna expected to be greeted with a wave.
(b) That Anna had caused her flats by hand.
(c) That Anna requires that he use only hand tools.
(d) That Anna was to serve up lunch by hand.

4. Where is Wenda Gambling when the raid occurs?
(a) At Maxie's.
(b) At home.
(c) At Posey's.
(d) In Africa.

5. What is the public property destruction the Mayor mentions?
(a) The fire hydrant.
(b) Mack's load of goods.
(c) The diner.
(d) The pushcarts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mr. Jerusalem spend the night?

2. Where does the Police Commissioner put his gun after the arrival of The Three?

3. Who is driving the truck that encounters the division on Greene Street?

4. What time does Maxie say his guests should arrive?

5. What plot is the result of a meeting by The Three.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maxie Hammerman say when the Police Commissioner asks why Maxie is called the Pushcart King?

2. What does the Police Commissioner say is wrong with following the demands of the truckers?

3. What does General Anna say to Maxie Hammerman when she sees the repairs done to her pushcart, and what is Maxie's reaction?

4. How does Maxie Hammerman explain away the notations he'd made on the map about the names of pushcart vendors and the numbers?

5. What is Frank the Flower's confession after the raid on Maxie's and why does the Police Commissioner want to believe it?

6. Why does Maxie Hammerman say he won't give the shorthand notes on the meeting of The Three to the newspaper?

7. What happens to Morris the Florist during the march?

8. What is the annual festival named for the Battle at Beecker Street and why?

9. What is the plan presented by Mr. Jerusalem?

10. What does Frank know about the pushcart war and how does he know these details?

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