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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. Where is Wenda Gambling when the raid occurs?
2. Where does Buddy Wisser come up with his proposal?
3. What is Papa Peretz doing at 10:05?
4. What is the first point of the manifesto signed by the truck drivers of the city?
5. How does General Anna get a message in to Maxie?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the attitude of Mayor Emmet P. Cudd to the many letters to the editor being printed in the newspapers?
2. What role do the pushcart vendors play in the battle at Beecker Street?
3. How does Maxie explain his consistent winnings at the poker table?
4. What does Maxie Hammerman tell the pushcart vendors they must do now, and what is the significance of that order to Mr. Jerusalem?
5. What is it that goes through Mack's mind and makes him crash into the pushcarts?
6. What does General Anna say to Maxie Hammerman when she sees the repairs done to her pushcart, and what is Maxie's reaction?
7. What happens to Morris the Florist during the march?
8. What are the four demands made by the truckers in their manifesto?
9. What does the Police Commissioner say is wrong with following the demands of the truckers?
10. How do the notes come to the attention of the pushcart vendors?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who are The Three? What are their lives like in the city? What details are given about each of them to describe their personalities?
Essay Topic 2
Who is the Pushcart King? What is his role in the lives of the vendors? There's another person interested in his work as the story draws to a close. Who is that person and what does the Pushcart King think about it?
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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