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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. Why does Wenda Gambling say there is a traffic problem in New York?
2. When does Joey Kafflis make entries into a diary?
3. Who comes up with the idea of how to fight the trucks?
4. What is the fine that is imposed on anyone who leaves a truck parked for longer than an hour?
5. What does one man suggest Mr. Posey might be hiding in the pea packages?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the incident that begins the pushcart war.
2. What is another name for the first incident of the pushcart war 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. What do the terms "Don't be a truck" and "You're a crackpot" come to mean after the arrest of Frank the Flower?
5. What do the other pushcart vendors decide to do after Frank the Flower is arrested?
6. Who is it that people believe to be the source of the traffic problem?
7. How does Mr. Jerusalem become involved in the war?
8. How does Carlos come up with the idea of how to fight the trucks?
9. What is the tactic being used by General Anna to cause flats and why?
10. What is the pea blockade and who starts it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Miriam Portlette and how does she become involved in the situation? What is the document she produces? What are the contents of that document.?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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