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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. Who are the last motorists to become frightened of the trucks?

2. What happens after the lady driver tells the cab driver "Well done" for hitting her car?

3. When the children take up the war, at what kinds of tires do they shoot?

4. What is the name of the company where the peas were purchased?

5. Who is causing the next round of truck flats?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the other pushcart vendors decide to do after Frank the Flower is arrested?

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

3. What is the pea blockade and who starts it?

4. What is another name for the first incident of the pushcart war and why?

5. What is Big Moe's argument that Frank the Flower can't be responsible for all the flats?

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

7. Describe the incident that begins the pushcart war.

8. 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?

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

10. How does Old Anna come to be known as General Anna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between Mr. Jerusalem and Solomon Livergreen. What is is about that relationship that prompts Mr. Jerusalem to become involved in the war by shooting out truck tires?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Wenda Gambling? What is her role in the story? What might have been different if she hadn't been part of the story?

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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