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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Pea Tack Squad looking at when they discover Wenda Gambling's order for peas?

2. How does Carlos present his idea to the rest of the pushcart vendors?

3. What is it that makes the Police Commissioner think Frank is a crackpot?

4. Who do taxi drivers say is to blame for the heavy traffic in New York?

5. Why does Wenda Gambling say there is a traffic problem in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the terms "Don't be a truck" and "You're a crackpot" come to mean after the arrest of Frank the Flower?

2. How does Mr. Posey's resistance to being closed by the Pea Tack Squad result in the discovery that the pushcart vendors are behind the flats?

3. What is the attitude of the pushcart vendors toward the tacks tax?

4. How and why does Frank the Flower take the blame for all the flat tires?

5. Who is it that people believe to be the source of the traffic problem?

6. What does the Pea Tack Squad tell the packaging companies to convince them that they should shut down?

7. Big Moe talks about the fear that the women will become involved in the situation. Why does Big Moe believe women will become involved and what does he say will be the outcome if they do?

8. There is a free newspaper that reports that pushcarts are "unsanitary." What other things has this same reporter called unsanitary and why does he make these statements.

9. What is the condition of Posey's plant after the Pea Tack Squad comes in?

10. How does Carlos come up with the idea of how to fight the trucks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mayor Elmer P. Cudd. What kind of person is he? List at least three times when the Mayor changes his position or requests the impossible in order to appease his constituents.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Joey Kafflis? What is the document Joey produces that provides an inside look into the pushcart war? Describe what Joey writes in this document.

Essay Topic 3

Who is the Pushcart King? What is his role in the lives of the vendors? There's another person interested in his work as the story draws to a close. Who is that person and what does the Pushcart King think about it?

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