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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. Where does Maxie say he plans to be when The Three come to his shop?
(a) At a meeting of the pushcart vendors.
(b) At the Police Commissioner's house.
(c) At Eddie Maroney's.
(d) At his shop.

2. Who does Wenda Gambling marry?
(a) Joey Kafflis.
(b) Emmet P. Cudd.
(c) Albert P. Mack.
(d) Maxie Hammerman.

3. Who built General Anna's pushcart?
(a) Maxie's father.
(b) Maxie.
(c) Eddie Maroney.
(d) Harry the Hot Dog.

4. Why does the Police Commissioner go to Mack's cell?
(a) He hears Mack's yelling from his office.
(b) He has complaints from the officers.
(c) He wants to see if Mack is ready to give up.
(d) He has complaints from Frank the Flower.

5. What kind of truck is Mack driving?
(a) A Baby Mammoth.
(b) A Mighty Mammoth.
(c) A Pushcart Mammoth.
(d) A Mama Mammoth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl who says she now wants to be a Pushcart Queen?

2. What does Buddy Wisser propose as a compromise to the number of trucks allowed in the city?

3. Where does Ms. Portlette sit to take notes of the meeting?

4. Where do the pushcarts usually gather on Bleecker Street?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. List two ways the movie of the pushcart war differed from the actual events.

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

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

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

6. What does Maxie Hammerman tell the pushcart vendors they must do now, and what is the significance of that order to Mr. Jerusalem?

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

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

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

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

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