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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 for the truck tires to be repaired so that the trucks return to the streets?
(a) A week.
(b) A day.
(c) A month.
(d) An hour.

2. Who is driving the truck that encounters the division on Greene Street?
(a) Louie Livergeen.
(b) Albert P. Mack.
(c) Maxie Hammerman.
(d) Big Moe.

3. Where does Mr. Jerusalem spend the night?
(a) At his apartment.
(b) In the park as usual.
(c) Genearl Anna's.
(d) Maxie's shop.

4. What does General Anna say is the first thing the pushcart vendors must not do?
(a) Surrender.
(b) Make more pea shooters.
(c) Pay Maxie's bail.
(d) Send Maxie an apple.

5. How many pushcarts are destroyed?
(a) None.
(b) Forty-seven.
(c) About eight.
(d) About eighty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Ms. Portlett taking shorthand classes?

3. What happens to General Anna's pushcart?

4. Where does Maxie say he plans to be when The Three come to his shop?

5. What does Maxie say is the purpose of the map of New York City that was found in his shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Flower Formula and what does Professor Cumberly say could be done with that formula?

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

3. What are the four demands made by the truckers in their manifesto?

4. How do the notes come to the attention of the pushcart vendors?

5. What is Maxie's plan to deal with The Three?

6. How does Maxie explain his consistent winnings at the poker table?

7. Why is the truce so much harder on the pushcart vendors than on the truck drivers?

8. What is the attitude of Mayor Emmet P. Cudd to the many letters to the editor being printed in the newspapers?

9. Describe the meeting between the truck drivers and the pushcart vendors led by Harry Hot Dog and Mr. Jerusalem.

10. List at least four of the conditions of the peace treaty.

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