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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 How many tacks are purchased the day after the tax is repealed?

2. Where is Wenda Gambling headed when she gets caught up behind the truck?

3. What does the truck driver call Mr. Jerusalem's pushcart?

4. What is the word the citizens of New York use to protest the tacks tax?

5. What is one theory about how Frank could have caused all the flats?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tactic being used by General Anna to cause flats and why?

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

3. How does England get drawn into the battle regarding the tax on tacks?

4. What is the purpose of the map on the wall at Maxie Hammerman's?

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

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

7. What is the reaction of people who see a truck with a flat?

8. What is the attitude of people who find the trucks off the streets?

9. What is Mayor Emmett P. Cudd's interest in the trucking companies?

10. 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?

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

What is the Peace March? Describe the march and the events that occur during the march. What happens to make the march less than peaceful?

Essay Topic 3

There comes a point where children get involved in the battle by shooting out truck tires with pea shooters. What happens to the language people use as this situation evolves? Describe this "language," including the code names and how it might have impacted the language of the people of the period. Do you consider the sayings funny?

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