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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. How long does Old Anna say she has been selling her apples and pears?
2. How many tacks are purchased the day after the tax is repealed?
3. What does Big Moe tell his truck drivers to do if they see children hanging around their trucks?
4. Prior to the sale of the ton of peas to the pushcart vendors, what had been Mr. Posey's largest sale?
5. Who is the only person in New York who might know how many pushcarts there are in the city?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Old Anna come to be known as General Anna?
2. What is the tactic being used by General Anna to cause flats and why?
3. During the secret meeting of "The Three" big trucking companies, a man named Joey Kafflis makes a comment about the pushcarts. What is Joey's position on the pushcarts?
4. 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?
5. What is the attitude of the pushcart vendors with regard to the children taking up their war against the trucks?
6. What does the Pea Tack Squad tell the packaging companies to convince them that they should shut down?
7. What is Big Moe's argument that Frank the Flower can't be responsible for all the flats?
8. What is the reaction of people who see a truck with a flat?
9. Describe the incident that begins the pushcart war.
10. Who shot a woman with a pea pin and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What prompts the war and what keeps it going? Did either side have options other than the actions they took? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Buddy Wisser? What is his role in the pushcart war? Was his role vital to the outcome of the war? What might have happened if Wisser hadn't been in the right place at the right time?
Essay Topic 3
Who are The Three? What are their lives like in the city? What details are given about each of them to describe their personalities?
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