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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 sections of the city report flats once they begin occurring again?
2. How many of his 72 trucks is laid up on a single day, according to Big Moe?
3. What does Joey Kifflis believe is the real reason for "the master plan?"
4. When the children take up the war, at what kinds of tires do they shoot?
5. What is it that makes the Police Commissioner think Frank is a crackpot?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. What do the terms "Don't be a truck" and "You're a crackpot" come to mean after the arrest of Frank the Flower?
3. What do the other pushcart vendors decide to do after Frank the Flower is arrested?
4. 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?
5. Why is Wenda Gambing included on the panel of traffic experts attempting to explain why the traffic had come to a complete standstill?
6. What is the purpose of the map on the wall at Maxie Hammerman's?
7. What is the attitude of the truckers who are doing business in New York during the weeks prior to the pushcart war?
8. How does Old Anna come to be known as General Anna?
9. How does Mr. Jerusalem become involved in the war?
10. What is the tactic being used by General Anna to cause flats and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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.
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