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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 is the recording of the interview between the Police Commissioner and Maxie Hammerman?
(a) Destroyed.
(b) Filed with the newspapers.
(c) The New York City Police Department.
(d) Maxie's office.

2. What do people throw at the trucks on Beecker Street?
(a) Tomatoes and melons.
(b) Cabbage and lettuce.
(c) All kinds of fruits and vegetables.
(d) Canteloupes and apples.

3. What does Maxie say all the pushcart vendors should do immediately?
(a) Go to the park for another demonstration.
(b) Turn themselves in.
(c) Get their pushcarts off the street.
(d) Give up and leave the city.

4. Where does Ms. Portlette sit to take notes of the meeting?
(a) On the floor.
(b) In a straight chair.
(c) On a mop bucket .
(d) At Big Moe's right.

5. What is designed into the dart board in Frank's cell?
(a) Pushcarts.
(b) Trucks.
(c) Flags.
(d) Darts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maxie Hammerman say the pushcart war was fought?

2. Who breaks Maxie Hammerman's radio?

3. What is Mr. Jerusalem's plan called?

4. What is the date of the opening of the Pushcart Peace Conference?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. List the main points of the Mayor's address regarding the peace march.

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

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

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

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

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

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