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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 are Eddie and Maxie drinking after the card game?
(a) Beer.
(b) Cream soda.
(c) Root beer.
(d) Wine.

2. Why does Maxie say it's better to have enemies you already know?
(a) The Police Commissioner knows who they are.
(b) It's easier to guess what they'll do.
(c) They aren't as mean as some people.
(d) You already have their addresses.

3. Who attends the meeting called by The Three following the poker game at Maxie Hammerman's?
(a) The Three and the Police Commissioner.
(b) The Three and the Mayor.
(c) All the pushcart vendors.
(d) All the truck drivers.

4. What does Papa Paretz give each of the truck drivers who agree to their terms?
(a) A bag of pretzels.
(b) An apple and a pear.
(c) A handful of flowers.
(d) A hot dog.

5. What do the truck drivers threaten to do if the Mayor doesn't meet their demands?
(a) Stop delivering goods.
(b) Declare war on the pushcarts.
(c) Declare war on the truck drivers.
(d) Make the traffic congestion worse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first point of the manifesto signed by the truck drivers of the city?

2. How does General Anna get a message in to Maxie?

3. What is the title of the newspaper article that says the pushcart war is over?

4. What is the date when Big Moe calls the Mayor with the news that he'll settle with the pushcarts?

5. How many pushcarts gather on Bleecker Street the day after the pushcart war officially ends?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Mack's reaction to being locked up so close to Frank the Flower?

3. What is the reaction of the pushcart vendors after Maxie is arrested?

4. What role do the pushcart vendors play in the battle at Beecker Street?

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. What is Maxie's theory of war with regard to money?

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

8. Who is Alice Myles and what is Maxie Hammerman's reaction to her?

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

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

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