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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 built General Anna's pushcart?
(a) Maxie.
(b) Maxie's father.
(c) Harry the Hot Dog.
(d) Eddie Maroney.
2. Who does the Police Commissioner report to after his interview with Maxie Hammerman?
(a) That he believes Maxie is lying.
(b) That Maxie will eventually break under the pressure.
(c) That he doesn't know what to think.
(d) That he sees no reason to keep Maxie in jail.
3. Why does the Police Commissioner go to Mack's cell?
(a) He hears Mack's yelling from his office.
(b) He has complaints from Frank the Flower.
(c) He wants to see if Mack is ready to give up.
(d) He has complaints from the officers.
4. Where are Ms. Portlett's notes today?
(a) Maxie Hammerman's office.
(b) The New York Public LIbrary.
(c) The Mayor's office.
(d) They were destroyed.
5. Why does Ms. Portlette not stay until the end of the meeting?
(a) Her pencil broke.
(b) She has three more offices to map.
(c) She is tired of sitting.
(d) She has run out of paper.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is used as trophies for anyone who hits the target in the middle of the dart board?
2. What role does General Anna say she wants to play in the plan proposed by Mr. Jerusalem?
3. What time do the pushcart vendors assemble for the march?
4. How long does the author say has passed since the pushcart war?
5. What does Maxie tell the Police Commissioner he meant by the notation "By Hand" beside Anna's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the annual festival named for the Battle at Beecker Street and why?
2. What does General Anna say to Maxie Hammerman when she sees the repairs done to her pushcart, and what is Maxie's reaction?
3. Describe the meeting between the truck drivers and the pushcart vendors led by Harry Hot Dog and Mr. Jerusalem.
4. What does Maxie Hammerman say when the Police Commissioner asks why Maxie is called the Pushcart King?
5. Who is Alice Myles and what is Maxie Hammerman's reaction to her?
6. What is it that goes through Mack's mind and makes him crash into the pushcarts?
7. What does Maxie Hammerman tell the pushcart vendors they must do now, and what is the significance of that order to Mr. Jerusalem?
8. Why is the truce so much harder on the pushcart vendors than on the truck drivers?
9. How do the notes come to the attention of the pushcart vendors?
10. What role do the pushcart vendors play in the battle at Beecker Street?
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